by Jose Olivarez

I don't know how love works but I remember the day my grandma died. We talked on the phone. I don't remember what you said or whether it helped. I...

getting into bed on a december night by Ellen Bass

When I slip beneath the quilt and fold into your warmth, I think we are like the pages of a love letter written thirty years ago that some aging god...

Stationery by Agha Shahid Ali

The moon did not become the sun.It just fell on the desertin great sheets, reamsof silver handmade by you.The night is your cottage industry now,the day is your brisk emporium.The...

BLACKOUT by Margaret Fishback

When life seems grayAnd short of fizzIt seems that wayBecause it is. — Margaret Fishback

by Andrea Gibson

When the time comesto love yourself wellit may take you a goodsolid year to stop cryingabout all you have to let go. — Andrea Gibson