Theories of Time and Space

by Natasha Trethewey

Strawberry Moon

by Mary Oliver

Flower Moon—How She Travels

by Mary Oliver

About Marriage

Denise Levertov

The Excrement Poem

by Maxine Kumin

A Happy Childhood

by William Matthews

“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .”

by Jack Spicer

Blue Morning Glory

by Anne Pitkin

Blossom

by Dorianne Laux

birth-day

by Lucille Clifton

For My Lover, Returning To His Wife

by Anne Sexton

When Death Comes

by Mary Oliver

Billy Collins

Today

by Billy Collins

I Have Been a Stranger in a Strange Land

by Rita Dove

Thomas Gunn

For a Birthday

by Thomas Gunn

Jane Hirshfield

Against Certainty

by Jane Hirshfield

Solstice

by Tess Taylor

Poem for my sons

by Minnie Bruce Pratt

Dorianne Laux

Balance

by Dorianne Laux

Mary Oliver

The Summer Day

by Mary Oliver

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Spring

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Linda Hogan

The fingers, writing

by Linda Hogan

Ada Limon

Instructions on Not Giving Up

by Ada Limon

Jericho Brown

Aerial View

by Jericho Brown