September a week in by Hala Alyan
"Nothing will wreck your life like wanting something / that isn’t in it." — Hala Alyan
Blues by Elizabeth Alexander
"There is no sin but sloth. Burn / to a wick and keep moving." — Elizabeth Alexander
I Never Want To Go When It’s Time by Kate Light
"I never want to go when it's time / to go; I want to hang back, to read / a book, or make another line rhyme" — Kate Light