— Brenda Hillman, from "the cave," Loose Sugar

— Brenna Twohy, from “I Am Not Clinically Crazy Anymore,” swallowtail

A moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow, is a rainbow created by moonlight rather than sunlight. It's formed when light from the moon refracts and reflects off water droplets, like those in rain or mist, creating a visible arc of light in the sky. Moonbows are generally fainter and less colorful than regular rainbows, and they are much rarer due to the need for specific conditions like a full or near-full moon, clear skies, and dark skies.

Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda 'Alba')

奈良公園 Nara Park

Bleeding Fairy Helmets on Mount Cordeaux, 2024

— Christopher Citro, from Right Like Yellow Along a Banana

Dolgiye Mountains, Russia by Arseny Kashkarov

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

Mary Oliver, from On Meditating, Sort Of

Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

a kind of loss (Ingeborg Bachmann), variations on the word love (Margaret Atwood), i am the brother of xx (Fleur Jaeggy), don’t go far off, not even for a day (Pablo Neruda), recreation (Audre Lorde), wuthering heights (Emily Brontë), i carry your heart with me (e. e. cummings)

Hermann Hesse, from Reflections

Kapka Kassabova, from Someone Else’s Life; “Two: Made”

Ramy Al-Asheq, tr. by Isis Nusair, from Ever Since I Did Not Die; “The Fighter Stripped of Her Braids”

Vikram Seth, from Summer Requiem: A Book of Poems; “The Tree of Many Names”