Poems
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73Lighthouse“All night it says the same word to the dark:”Noor Haddad“All night it says the same word to the dark:”LighthouseQuick read1 reading74The Last Orange“the last orange, split”Marisol Vega“the last orange, split”The Last OrangeQuick read75Small Fluent Thing“My daughter dreams in a language I half-lost.”Marisol Vega“My daughter dreams in a language I half-lost.”Small Fluent ThingQuick read76Inheritance“My mother left me three things:”Marisol Vega“My mother left me three things:”InheritanceQuick read1 reading77Calling Card“My father's voice arrives in small denominations.”Dawit Bekele“My father's voice arrives in small denominations.”Calling CardQuick read78Prayer in a Language I'm Forgetting“I still know the shape of the prayer, the way the body folds and rises, the…”Noor Haddad“I still know the shape of the prayer, the way the body folds and rises, the…”Prayer in a Language I'm Forgetting79Elegy for the Harbor“They filled it in to build the road.”Noor Haddad“They filled it in to build the road.”Elegy for the HarborQuick read80Weatherproof“My hands have stopped feeling the cold,”Dawit Bekele“My hands have stopped feeling the cold,”WeatherproofQuick read81What the Photograph Won't Say“In it my grandmother is not yet tired.”Marisol Vega“In it my grandmother is not yet tired.”What the Photograph Won't SayQuick read1 reading82What I Packed“Not the photographs — those I had memorized.”Noor Haddad“Not the photographs — those I had memorized.”What I PackedQuick read83Night Shift“The building is mine from ten until six.”Dawit Bekele“The building is mine from ten until six.”Night ShiftQuick read84how the light gets kept“i don't pray”Lio Fenwick“i don't pray”how the light gets kept85why i keep asking“i ask the same question to the ceiling”Kai Moreno“i ask the same question to the ceiling”why i keep asking1 reading86Voicemail, Kept“your saved voice — three years,”Kai Moreno“your saved voice — three years,”Voicemail, KeptQuick read87First Frost, Nobody Awake“first frost — the whole yard”Kai Moreno“first frost — the whole yard”First Frost, Nobody AwakeQuick read88Still Here“Some mornings the only true thing I can say”Kai Moreno“Some mornings the only true thing I can say”Still HereQuick read89Woman at a Window, After Hopper“He is famous for the light, but look at her.”Kai Moreno“He is famous for the light, but look at her.”Woman at a Window, After Hopper90Ode to the Hour Before the Party“Praise the hour before, when nothing has gone wrong.”Kai Moreno“Praise the hour before, when nothing has gone wrong.”Ode to the Hour Before the Party1 reading91A Letter to Whoever Is Running This“To whoever is running this: I am not writing to complain. I want that on the…”Kai Moreno“To whoever is running this: I am not writing to complain. I want that on the…”A Letter to Whoever Is Running This1 reading92The Inventory of Small Mercies“Some days the mercy is small and you have to look for it. A dog that decides…”Kai Moreno“Some days the mercy is small and you have to look for it. A dog that decides…”The Inventory of Small Mercies1 reading93What the Mill Kept“They closed the mill the year I turned nineteen.”Saoirse Doyle“They closed the mill the year I turned nineteen.”What the Mill Kept2 readings94Elegy for the Answering Machine“We kept the tape because it kept her voice —”Saoirse Doyle“We kept the tape because it kept her voice —”Elegy for the Answering Machine1 reading95Sestina for the House We Sold“We could not agree on what to do with the house.”Saoirse Doyle“We could not agree on what to do with the house.”Sestina for the House We Sold1 reading96Ballad of the Long-Distance Line“We loved across a thousand miles”Saoirse Doyle“We loved across a thousand miles”Ballad of the Long-Distance Line