“there is nothing i could say / to solve the world that made us, and changed us / for good.” —Rosie Stockton

“ I shook my head / not knowing what Truth / was really saying.” —Yusef Komunyakaa

“kneeling in the bright gutter beside the row of urinals / begging to be made clean” —sam sax

“You are witty, your honor / You're moving money again, your honor” —Tongo Eisen-Martin

“the urgency of dusk has me / skipping steps / puzzled by my own drafts” —Kayla Ephros