The poem <n>The Thing Is</n> by <n>Ellen Bass</n>.

The poem <n>HOW TO LOVE</n> by <n>January Gill O'Neil</n> from her 2018 book <n>Rewilding</n>.

"My Lover Asks Me," a poem by <n>Nizar Qabbani</n>, translated by <n>B. Frangieh</n> and <n>C. Brown</n>.

<n>Evening Sun</n> by <n>Jane Kenyon</n> from her book <n>Collected Poems</n>, published by <n>Graywolf Press</n>.

A passage from the poem <n>Medea</n> by poet <n>Diane Wakoski</n>.

An excerpt from the poem <n>Red Wine Spills</n> by <n>L. Ash Williams</n>, published in 2020.

The poem <n>Vow</n> by <n>Emily Jungmin Yoon</n> from her 2024 book <n>Find Me As The Creature I Am</n>.

<n>How Do I Love Thee?</n> by artist <n>Fatima Ronquillo</n>.

The poem "How Do I Love You?" by <n>Mary Oliver</n> from her 2017 book <n>Felicity</n>.

The poem <n>Night Bird</n> by <n>Danusha Laméris</n>, published in <n>Poetry</n> magazine in May 2023.

The poem <n>Gay Pride Weekend, S.F., 1992</n> by <n>Brenda Shaughnessy</n> from her 2016 book <n>So Much Synth</n>.

The poem <n>Keeping Things Whole</n> by <n>Mark Strand</n>.

The poem <n>January</n> by poet <n>W. S. Merwin</n>.

<n>The Clearing</n>, a poem by <n>Margaret Ray</n> from her book <n>Good Grief, The Ground</n>.

<n>Mornings at Blackwater</n>, a poem by <n>Mary Oliver</n> from her 2008 collection The Red Bird.

Poem <n>O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love</n> by <n>Anne Carson</n>, published by the <n>Academy of American Poets</n> in 2020.

<n>The Snake Prince</n>, an illustration by <n>Henry Justice Ford</n> for <n>Andrew Lang</n>'s <n>The Olive Fairy Book</n> (1907).

The poem <n>The Promise</n> by <n>Kim Addonizio</n> from her book <n>Tell Me</n>, published by <n>BOA Editions</n>.

Poem <n>What Keeps</n> from the collection <n>Tremble</n> (1996) by poet <n>C.D. Wright</n>.

The poem <n>To the Lion</n> by <n>Diane Wakoski</n>.

The poem <n>When You Left, You Left</n> from <n>Jasmine Mans</n>'s book <n>Black Girl, Call Home</n>.

The poem <n>Tools</n> by <n>Cheryl Boyce-Taylor</n>, from her 2017 book <n>Arrival</n>.

A poem titled <n>Would you write me a poem</n>, translated from Italian.

<n>Winter Poem</n> by <n>Nikki Giovanni</n>, from the 1996 book <n>The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni</n>.

Poem from <n>Michaela Coel</n>'s 2021 <n>Emmys</n> acceptance speech.

<n>Good Bones</n>, a poem by <n>Maggie Smith</n> from her 2017 collection of the same name.

<n>[After all you are quite]</n> by <n>Margaret Atwood</n> from her collection <n>Selected Poems 1965-1975</n>.

An excerpt from the poem <n>Alphabet</n> by <n>Inger Christensen</n>, translated by <n>Susanna Nied</n>.