Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada
Disconnect by Khadijah Queen
“No heartbreak / or inspiration to sell as end goal, / rarely beauty.” — Khadijah Queen
I Put On My Socks in the Wrong Order and Now I’m Gonna Get Hit By A Car by Neil Hilborn
“If, on cold nights, / before bed, / I pray for something as simple as the warmth of my hands—” — Neil Hilborn
Equinox by Tamiko Beyer
“I think we all have the power / to do what we must to survive.” — Tamiko Beyer
Achingly Beautiful How the Sky Blooms Umber at the End of the Day, Through the Canopy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
“Oak leaves so full of late summer // sun even I thought, “Obscene” and stood stunned / for a moment. My God.” — Gabrielle Calvocoressi
In the gloaming, in the roiling night by Ruth Awad
“Let me look at your face and see a heaven worth having” — Ruth Awad
Everyone Has Lint and Other Tiny Things That Stick to Them by Leia K. Bradley
“crying myself awake / to water my roots, deflowered” — Leia K. Bradley
Life by Abdellatif Laâbi
“Life / is nothing short of a miracle / that nobody sees” — Abdellatif Laâbi
Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself by Barbara Crooker
“Even a goose knows how to find / shelter, where the corn still lies in the stubble and dried stalks.” — Barbara Crooker
Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes
“They find peace / in the way they contain the wind / and are gone.” — Lorna Dee Cervantes