[I won’t be able to write from the grave] by Fanny Howe
“I won’t be able to write from the grave / so let me tell you what I love:” — Fanny Howe
My Ordinary Love by Paula Bonnell
“It is a golden thing, it is / a loud, it is a fabulous flower—” — Paula Bonnell
The Orange by Wendy Cope
“Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. / This is peace and contentment. It’s new.” — Wendy Cope
Praying by Mary Oliver
“just / pay attention, then patch / a few words together and don’t try / to make them elaborate” — Mary Oliver
Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
"One not necessarily very beautiful / man or woman who loves you." — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Simple by Raymond Carver
"If I were dead, / I remind myself, I wouldn't / be eating them." — Raymond Carver
Salutation by Ezra Pound
"And I am happier than you are, / And they were happier than I am;" — Ezra Pound
Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause To Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles by Billy Collins
"Maybe it is autumn and he is looking at a sparrow. / Maybe it is snowing on a town with a beautiful name." — Billy Collins