Poems & Prose

From Andrea Gibson's book, You Better Be Lightning. (Button Poetry)

From Ada Limón's book, Bright Dead Things. (Milkweed Editions).

From Subhaga Crystal Bacon's book, Transitory.

From Margaret Ray's book Good Grief, the Ground. (BOA Editions).

From Justin Chin's Selected Works. (Manic D Press)

From Julia Alvarez's book, Homecoming. (Plume Books).

Poem by Leslie J Anderson. (Check out more on her website)

From José Olivarez's book, Promises of Gold. (Henry Holt Books)

From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, The Endarkenment. (U Pitt Press).

From Marge Piercy's book, To Be of Use.

Image via Poetry Foundation. Poem originally published in Kamilah Aisha Moon's book, She Has a Name. (Four Way Books).

From Andrea Gibson's book, You Better Be Lightning. (Button Poetry).

From Jaswinder Bolina's book, English as a Second Language. (Copper Canyon)

From Jasmine Mans's book, Black Girl, Call Home. (Berkley Publishing Group)

From Linda Pastan's book, Queen of a Rainy Country. (WW Norton).

From Jane Kenyon's Collected Poems. (Graywolf Press).

From Hayan Charara's book, These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit. (Milkweed Books).