caralira

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

— Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, from “Heavenly Creature” in Oh, Terrible Youth

a poem ('my darling dear'), tathev simonyan

— Rosie Stockton, from "CARMEN ET ERROR," Fuel

— — Mahogany L. Browne, from I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love

joan didion, blue nights / mahmoud darwish, memory for forgetfulness: august, beirut, 1982 (tr. ibrahim muhawi) / reginald shepherd, "the friend" / leonard cohen, selected poems / alice notley, in the pines / frank bidart, half-light: selected poems / keaton henson, no witnesses / adonis, selected poems (tr. khaled mattawa) / frank bidart, "o ruin o haunted" / christian wiman, "a field in scurry county"

[Text ID: “But I am the one / who always goes away. // The first time was the most – / was the most / silent.”]

— Maggie Nelson, from Bluets

Sue Zhao

Fernando Pessoa, A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

Trista Mateer, Honeybee

— Margaret Atwood, from Selected Poems I: “Speeches for Dr. Frankenstein”

— — Lucia LoTempio, from Hot with the Bad Things

[ID: That summer I did not go crazy / but I wore / very close / very close / to the bone.]

— — Tamiko Beyer, from “I Vow To Be the Small Flame,” Last Days

Lucille Clifton, from The Book of Light; “Climbing”

Florence Welch, Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry