good m(ourning) by Najya Williams
“How did they know / where to uncover me in broad daylight?” — Najya Williams
Hand of War by Hosam Maarouf
“We hold war’s hand, / convinced that this is the last time / it waves catastrophe to us” — Hosam Maarouf
Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Ah! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh” — Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Guest House by Rumi
"Welcome and entertain them all! / Even if they are a crowd of sorrows" – Rumi
What the Water Knows by Sam Hamill
"What the mouth sings, the soul must learn to forgive." – Sam Hamill
Snow by Philip Levine
"It is as though the tears of all / the lost souls rose to heaven / and were finally heard and blessed / with substance and the power of flight" — Philip Levine