What If I Never Fell in Love With The World? by Leah Umansky
“If you look and see nothing, you must simply look harder. / Everything is a miracle if we’re open to receiving it.” — Leah Umansky
Astonishment by Wisława Szymborska
"Why on earth now, on Tuesday of all days, / and why on earth, pinned down by this star’s pin?" — Wisława Szymborska
On Distance by Paige Lewis
“What I mean / is, this one light can reach as many people / as the sun, and you only have to reach me.” — Paige Lewis
Everyone Has Lint and Other Tiny Things That Stick to Them by Leia K. Bradley
“crying myself awake / to water my roots, deflowered” — Leia K. Bradley
& whoops how the bones confuse ache for wonder by abeo chimeka-tisdale
“it is all ache. it is all wonder.” — abeo chimeka-tisdale
Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him by Nancy Willard
“Can I eat a star? / Yes, with the mouth of time / that enjoys everything.” — Nancy Willard
They were starlings by Acie Clark
“And still, as I write this poem, I’m waiting / to see what I’m going to tell myself.” — Acie Clark
Little Ode to Taking the Dog Out by John Minczeski
“The day, having lost / its train of thought, / clung to twilight / like a lamprey.” — John Minczeski
