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
i am running into a new year by Lucille Clifton
"it will be hard to let go / of what i said to myself / about myself" — Lucille Clifton
Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye
“So much of any year is flammable, / lists of vegetables, partial poems. / Orange swirling flame of days, / so little is a stone.” — Naomi Shihab Nye
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep by Robert Graves
"She tells her love while half asleep" – Robert Graves