First Spring, 2011 by Jenny Qi
“They look absurd showing off / as if beauty still matters.” — Jenny Qi
Arrival by Yunkyo Moon-Kim
“As it was, I believed the myth. I believed I could / walk through any soft wind like a sieve.” — Yunkyo Moon-Kim
I Have This Way of Being by Jamaal May
“This is little more than a way / to kneel and fill gloves with sweat,” — Jamaal May
The Coming of Light by Mark Strand
“Even this late the bones of the body shine / and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath.” — Mark Strand
Little Chores by Jody Rambo
“Give with each breath the beginning of your self, made ready / when you wake” — Jody Rambo
Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limón
“a return / to the strange idea of continuous living despite / the mess of us, the hurt, the empty.” – Ada Limón
absence. displacement. by Etel Adnan
"absence. displacement. / waiting. then comes rejection. / anger follows." – Etel Adnan
The Undertaking by Louise Glück
“And now / all fear gives way: the light / looks after you” – Louise Glück
I Am Learning to Abandon the World by Linda Pastan
“But morning comes with small / reprieves of coffee and birdsong.” – Linda Pastan