All That Wanting, Right? by Devin Kelly
“When I wanted unknowing, / I was given certainty, & when I wanted the hard / & fixed line, I was given mystery.” — Devin Kelly
It’s About You: On the Beach by June Jordan
"Lord / see how you run / YOUR BODY IS A LONG BLACK WING / YOUR BODY IS A LONG BLACK WING" — June Jordan
The Courtesan’s Reply – Tambulasena by Shazea Quraishi
“Water drips down / my back. He grasps the rope / of my hair and climbs.”
I Remember the Carrots by Ada Limón
"I loved them: my own bright dead things. / I’m thirty-five and remember all that I’ve done wrong."