- supper by garrison keillor — "how simple life is. we buy fish. we are fed."
- the leash by ada limón — "i want her to survive forever. don't die, i say,"
- the orange by wendy cope — "i love you. i'm glad i exist."
- homesick by orion vanessa — "when i close my eyes and my face hits your chest i'm no longer homesick."
- i had a dream about you by richard siken — "you said will you love me even when i'm dead?"
- san antonio by naomi shihab nye — "i could not leave you or find anyone i loved more."
- this particular line reminds me of mingyu
- allow me by chungmi kim — "allow me to sit in the sun and listen to the sky. i will love you gently."
- forgetting by joy ladin — "i never forget. i've engraved your name on the palms of my hands."
- from blossoms by li-young lee — "to eat not only the skin, but the shade, not only the sugar, but the days."
- last love by fyodor tyutchev — "last love, last love, what can i call you? joy and despair, mortal surrender."
- summer kitchen by donald hall — "we ate, and talked, and went to bed, and slept. it was a miracle."
- this room and everything in it by li-young lee — "i am letting this room and everything in it stand for my ideas about love and its difficulties."
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