The Belly of the Wolf by Emma Miao
“How many girls / in the bellies of machines / that pretend to love them.” — Emma Miao
Family of Origin Content Warning by K. Iver
“Don’t think / this poem wants to stay in that bedroom. / It wants to swaddle the impossible / contours of joy.” — K. Iver
The Dog by Gabrielle Bates
“There was no sense in me / that he was in some sort of aftermath.” — Gabrielle Bates
The Untrustworthy Speaker by Louise Glück
"In my own mind, I’m invisible: that’s why I’m dangerous." – Louise Glück
This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin
"They fill you with the faults they had / And add some extra, just for you." — Philip Larkin
Fugue by Elizabeth Alexander
"Picture everyone's edges / smudged. Picture everyone / a green as delicate / as a Ming celadon." — Elizabeth Alexander
Revolt From Hymen by Angela Manalang-Gloria
"To turn the face this way and that and feel / No kisses festering on it like sores," – Angela Manalang-Gloria