“To declare the great Yes or the great No.” A poem by C.P. Cavafy, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

“Falsework stalks the high-frequency meadow.” A poem by Andrew Zawacki.

“Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air.” A poem by Thomas Campion.

“Remembering love old and believable.” A poem by Jim Dine.

“This poem is for my debit card.” A poem by Sandra Simonds.

“I have learned to take apart this American Songbook.” A poem by Cedar Sigo.

“Where sunset hovers like a sound.” One of the first poems I ever memorized, a complete banger by E.A. Robinson.

“Grains of grit in a tall sky sewing.” A poem by John Ashbery.

“To throw away all adult things.” A poem by Osip Mandelshtam, translated by Kevin J. Kinsella.

“Clouds islanding a window.” A poem by Carolyn Forché.

“Knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend.” Hey! Ho! Here comes John Donne, knocking down the walls of the heart’s Jericho with a holy sonnet!

“In the harsh winters of my youth.” A poem by Kitty Carpenter.

“In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam.” From the great annals of Poems That Are Fun To Say Out Loud, here’s Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Inversnaid.”

“Space in the center of a flower.” A poem by Melanie Tafejian.

“We watched it, sleek & wild.” A poem by James Brunton.

“I sing the song of the sleeping wife.” A poem by Robert Creeley.

“Wake up please open yourself.” A poem by Donald Justice.

“All sparkling steel and spritzed crystal rubbed down clean.” A poem by Harryette Mullen.

“I should be in awe of the living.” A poem by Hieu Minh Nguyen.

“Green current turning under rain.” A poem by Neal Bowers.

“The color of that flower also its name.” A poem by Michael Palmer.

“A beetle exploring the extravagance of a lamp.” A poem by Ukata Edwardson.

“I want to dress ! like a gale! full of glitter!” A poem by Chrissy Williams.

“And again the nude hills come back.” A poem by W.S. Merwin.

“The fox returning to the fable's lair.” A poem by Elaine Equi.

“With a sound like the most exclusive refrigerator.” A poem by Mark Waldron.

“Once more I am your star.” A poem by Velimir Khlebnikov, translated by Paul Schmidt.

“The lungs ask a question the heart repeats.” A poem by Laura Solomon.

“It breaks the first law of water.” A poem by Wendy Battin.

“One seesaw, one fountain, and one swing.” A poem by Gilbert Sorrentino.