This Year I Meant to Be An Elephant by Wendy Xu
“Do you / feel like a straight line? I worry about how / I don't” — Wendy Xu
The crow cawing at night by Li Po
“Through her gauze window she could not help but hear / The bird, which sounded like someone talking. / She stopped in her shuttle, thinking of her absent lover;” — Li Po
You Think You Are Something Less Real Than You Are by Wendy Xu
"You wrestle / the sadness to the ground. You are big and need / large wings. You put on the large wings." – Wendy Xu
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles by Sally Wen Mao
"The sun doesn’t need more heat, / so why should you?" – Sally Wen Mao
Remembering by Yuan Chen
"Mountains and rivers divide us, / I've given up hoping for rain." — Yuan Chen
To Tu Fu From Shantung by Li Po
"My thoughts remain with you, / like the Wen River, endlessly flowing." – Li Po