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“Praise” by Kelli Russell Agodon originally published in Redivider.

“Hot Tea” by Lahab Assef Al-Jundi originally published in KNOT Literary Magazine and San Antonio Express-News.

“Vain Doubts” and “Love Portions” Copyright © 2004 by Julia Alvarez. From The Woman I Kept to Myself, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. By permission of Susan Bergholz Literary Services, New York, NY, and Lamy, NM. All rights reserved.

“My Father’s Hands” by Zeina Azzam, originally published in Heartwood Literary Magazine (2017) and in Bayna Bayna, In-Between (The Poetry Box) © 2021 by Zeina Azzam. Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Exactly 299,792,458 Meters Per Second” by Carolee Bennett originally published in Contrary Magazine (2017) and Sundress Best of the Net Anthology (2018).

“About Standing (in Kinship)” by Kimberly Blaeser originally published in Poetry Magazine (March 2021).

“Mailman” by Sally Bliumis-Dunn from Second Skin (Wind Publications, 2010). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Into Wildflower Into Field” by Kai Coggin from Mining for Stardust (FlowerSong Press, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Ladder” by Phyllis Cole-Dai from Staying Power: Writings from a Pandemic Year (Bell Sound Books, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Last Scraps of Color in Missouri” by Karen Craigo originally published in The New York Times. Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Self-Compassion” by James Crews originally appeared as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, edited by Kimberly Blaeser. “The Pool” by James Crews from Every Waking Moment (Lynx House Press, 2021). James Crews, “Self-Care,” originally appeared in One Art edited by Mark Danowsky.

“Sustenance” by Barbara Crooker from Small Rain (Purple Flag, 2014), and “Forsythia” in More In Time: A Tribute to Ted Kooser (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Grandmother” by Kate Duignan originally published in Sport 36, New Zealand New Writing, Winter 2008, Victoria University Press, Wellington, NZ.

“A Small Moment” by Cornelius Eady from Hardheaded Weather: New & Selected Poems (Putnam, 2008). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Free Breakfast” by Terri Kirby Erickson from A Sun Inside My Chest (Press 53, 2020). Reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher. “Night Talks” originally published in ONE ART: a journal of poetry (2020).

“Before I gained all this weight” by Molly Fisk originally published in Cultural Weekly and Stone Gathering, edited by Deborah Jacobs.

“A Perfect Arc” by Laura Foley from Syringa. © StarMeadow Press, 2007. Reprinted with permission. “Learning by Heart” from Panoply Zine.

“Kinship of Flesh” by Rebecca Foust from Mom’s Canoe (Texas Review Press, 2009).

“Wake Up” by Alice Gilborn from Apples & Stones (Kelsay Books, 2020). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Peace Came Today” by Ingrid Goff-Maidoff from Wild Song (Sarah’s Circle, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“The Age of Affection” by Leah Naomi Green, forthcoming in Orion Magazine.

“Trying to Pray” by Twyla M. Hansen from Rock • Tree • Bird (Backwaters Press, 2017). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Two Meteors” by Penny Harter from A Prayer the Body Makes (Kelsay Books, 2020). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Clothing” by Margaret Hasse from Shelter (Nodin Press, 2020). Reprinted with permission of author and publisher.

Tom Hennen, “Made Visible” from Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems. Copyright © 1997 by Tom Hennen. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.

“Ode” by Zoe Higgins originally published in Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ), edited by Ruth Arnison.

“Credo” by Donna Hilbert from Gravity: New & Selected Poems (Tebot Bach, 2018). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Arctic Night, Lights Across the Sky” by Linda Hogan from A History of Kindness (Torrey House Press, 2020). Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Richard Jones, “After Work” from The Blessing: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2000 by Richard Jones. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.

“Billowing Overhead” by Jacqueline Jules originally published in K’in Literary Journal (November 2019).

Christine Kitano, “For the Korean Grandmother on Sunset Boulevard” from Sky Country. Copyright © 2017 by Christine Kitano. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of BOA Editions Ltd., boaeditions.org.

Michael Kleber-Diggs, “Coniferous Fathers” from Worldly Things. Copyright © 2012 by Michael Kleber-Diggs. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company LLC on behalf of Milkweed Editions, milkweed.org.

“Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Laméris from Bonfire Opera, Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. “Insha’Allah” by Danusha Laméris from The Moons of August Copyright © 2014 by Danusha Laméris and reprinted with permission of Autumn House Press.

“Joy” by Dorianne Laux originally published in Salt (The Field Office, 2020). “On the Back Porch” from Awake (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Gas Station Communion” by Paula Gordon Lepp originally published (as “Communion at the BP”) in Braided Way: Faces and Voices of Spiritual Practice.

“Passenger,” “A Great Wild Goodness,” and “How to Wake” by Annie Lighthart from PAX (Fernwood Press, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author and publisher.

“Braiding His Hair” by Alison Luterman originally published in The Sun Magazine and In the Time of Great Fires (Catamaran, 2020). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Make Believe” by Emilie Lygren from What We Were Born For (Blue Light Press, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Telephone Repairman” by Joseph Millar from Overtime (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade” by Brad Aaron Modlin from Everyone at This Party Has Two Names (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2016). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Shift” and “First Light” by Susan Moorhead from Carry Darkness, Carry Light (Kelsay Books, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Drinking There” by Mark Nepo forthcoming in The Fifth Season. Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Sunday” by January Gill O’Neil from Rewilding. Copyright © 2018 by January Gill O’Neil. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of CavanKerry Press, Ltd., cavankerry.org. “Elation” originally published in Kenyon Review Online.

Gregory Orr, “Morning Song” from The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 1980 by Gregory Orr. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.

Alicia Ostriker, “The Dogs at Live Oak Beach, Santa Cruz” from The Little Space: Poems Selected and New, 1968-1998. Copyright © 1998 by Alicia Ostriker. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Peter Pereira, “A Pot of Red Lentils” from Saying the World. Copyright © 2003 by Peter Pereira. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.

“Abundance to Share with the Birds” by Andrea Potos first appeared in Poetry East and the chapbook Abundance to Share With the Birds (Finishing Line Press). “Where I Might Find Her” first appeared in The Sunlight Press. Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Still Life with Ladder” by Susan Rich is forthcoming in Blue Atlas (Red Hen Press, 2024). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Take Love for Granted” by Jack Ridl, from Practicing to Walk Like a Heron. © Wayne State University Press, 2013. Reprinted with permission of the author.

Alberto Ríos, “Dawn Callers” from Not Go Away Is My Name. Copyright © 2020 by Alberto Ríos. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.

Susan Rothbard, “That New,” from Birds of New Jersey. Broadkill River Press, 2021. Reprinted with permission of the author.

“I Save My Love” by Marjorie Saiser from Learning to Swim (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2019) and “Last Day of Kindergarten” from I Have Nothing to Say About Fire (University of Nebraska Press, 2016). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“In Praise of Dirty Socks” by Lailah Dainin Shima, originally published in The Buddhist Poetry Review.

“Late Summer” by Anya Silver from Second Bloom (Cascade Books, 2017). Used by permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers, www.wipfandstock.com.

“The Summer You Learned to Swim” by Michael Simms originally published in Poetry (March 2021).

Tracy K. Smith, “Song” from Life on Mars. Copyright © 2011 by Tracy K. Smith. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, graywolfpress.org.

“Assisted Living” by Judith Sornberger originally published in Third Wednesday.

William Stafford, “You Reading This, Be Ready” from Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems. Copyright © 1977, 2014 by William Stafford and the Estate of William Stafford. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, graywolfpress.org.

“Future” by Jacqueline Suskin from Help in the Dark Season (Write Bloody, 2019). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Carrying Water to the Field” by Joyce Sutphen from Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems (University of Nebraska Press, 2019). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Chore” by Angela Narciso Torres from What Happens Is Neither. Copyright © 2021 by Angela Narciso Torres. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC, on behalf of Four Way Books, fourwaybooks.com.

Natasha Trethewey, “Housekeeping” from Domestic Work. Copyright © 2000 by Natasha Trethewey. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Graywolf Press, graywolfpress.org.

“Kindness” and “The Question” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, originally published on her blog, A Hundred Falling Veils.

“Breathe” by David Van Houten from 2020 Visions (2021).

“Most Important Word” and “Thursday Morning” by Laura Grace Weldon from Portals (Middlecreek Publishing, 2021). Reprinted with permission of the author.

“Moving” by Michelle Wiegers originally published as part of The Gatherings Project.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Gardening Alone” by Laura Budofsky Wisniewski first appeared in the 2020 Mizmor Anthology as “Suddenly While Gardening,” and is forthcoming in Sanctuary, Vermont (Orison Books, 2022). Reprinted with permission of the author.

All other poems reprinted with permission of the author.