Nocturne with Rain by Uma Dwivedi
“You thunder me open, flush me through, hold me / closer than skin.” — Uma Dwivedi
If Alone Has A Flavor by Christopher Citro
“It won’t end. What won’t end? This life / we feel’s always about to end,” — Christopher Citro
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 Facts of Life by Pádraig Ó Tuama
“So you might as well live / and you might as well love.” — Pádraig Ó Tuama
A Bag of Perseverance by Shahd Alnaouq
“I fear I will stand at her funeral / before anyone stands at mine.” — Shahd Alnaouq
Equinox by Tamiko Beyer
“I think we all have the power / to do what we must to survive.” — Tamiko Beyer
In Which The Black Boy Falls in Love & Learns to Start Running by Yves Olade
“Nothing could / catch us. Not blood. Not war. Not other boys.” — Yves Olade
I Want to Eat Bugs With You Underground by Julie Danho
“…and still / you’d take me with you down into the earth, / give me more than my fair share of caterpillar.” — Julie Danho
Most Days I Want to Live by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
“And prayed for myself, which / is embarrassing to admit / in this day and age. But I did it.” — Gabrielle Calvocoressi
The Way to Keep Going in Antarctica by Bernadette Mayer
“Nothing outside can cure you but everything's outside” — Bernadette Mayer