Tonight, I Hope All My Enemies Are Falling in Love by Matthew Olzmann
“Lord, let them know the kind of love that unhinges / the brain, blesses the air with the exuberant / stupidity of mourning doves” — Matthew Olzmann
Prayer for Our Daughters by Mark Jarman
“May they be themselves, long after we’ve stopped watching.” — Mark Jarman
Meditation on a Grapefruit by Craig Arnold
“each year harder to live within / each year harder to live without” — Craig Arnold
As Though I Was Waiting For That by W.S. Merwin
“for no reason / hearing no voice / with no promise / praying to myself / be clear” — W.S. Merwin
Bathing by Allison Seay
“Inside my mind it is dawn. A wolf appears with a bird / in its mouth.” — Allison Seay
After Spending the Morning Baking Bread by Jack Ridl
“Say yes to wanting to be this cat.” — Jack Ridl
The Three Birds of Milky Way by Donika Kelly
“What wind blew me / off course, took me from heart and home?” — Donika Kelly