The Three Birds of Milky Way by Donika Kelly
“What wind blew me / off course, took me from heart and home?” — Donika Kelly
I Have Been Living by Jane Mead
“Sometimes, to get back to land / is the worst thing a person can do.” — Jane Mead
the mountain by Ambalila Hemsell
"inside of the ocean, / I am pushed to the brink, where I realize / that death is not what I want and divorce isn’t / either." — Ambalila Hemsell
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
What Resembles The Grave But Isn’t by Anne Boyer
“sometimes the willful-falling into a hole which is not the grave because it is easier than not falling into a hole really” — Anne Boyer
The Broken Sandal by Denise Levertov
“Where was I going? / Where was I going I can’t / go to now, unless hurting? / Where am I standing, if I’m / to stand still now?” – Denise Levertov
To Myself by Franz Wright
"I will whisper. / It won’t always be like this. / I am going to buy you a sandwich." — Franz Wright
After Arguing against the Contention That Art Must Come from Discontent by William Stafford
"I remember they said it would be hard." – William Stafford