Table of Contents
Introduction Pádraig Ó Tuama 1
Wonder Woman Ada Limón 9
Book of Genesis Kei Miller 15
Phase One Dilruba Ahmed 21
A Portable Paradise Roger Robinson 29
Worm Gail McConnell 35
Wishing Well Gregory Pardlo 43
All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs Christian Wiman 51
Don't Miss Out! Book Right Now for the Journey of a Lifetime! Imtiaz Dharker 57
A Blessing James Wright 63
The Word Zaffar Kunial 69
Bullshit Vahni (Anthony) Capildeo 75
Some Things I Like Lemn Sissay 81
Say My Name Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi 87
Miscegenation Natasha Trethewey 93
Reporting Back to Queen Isabella Lorna Goodison 99
When You Say 'Protestors' Instead of Protectors No'u Revilla 105
We Lived Happily during the War Ilya Kaminsky 111
Writing the camp Yousif M. Qasmiyeh 117
Battlegrounds Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo 123
[Whereas my eyes land on the shoreline] Layli Long Soldier 129
Miami Airport Raymond Antrobus 135
Kulila Ali Cobby Eckermann 143
Reconciliation Jónína Kirton 151
All Bread Margaret Atwood 157
Prayer Faisal Mohyuddin 165
From The Book of Hours Rainer Maria Rilke Trans. Mark S. Burrows 171
How Prayer Works Kaveh Akbar 177
Of Course She Looked Back Natalie Diaz 185
After the Goose that Rose like the God of Geese Martín Espada 193
My Mother's Body Marie Howe 199
Father Carlos Andrés Gómez 205
Man and Boy Patience Agbabi 213
On Receiving Father at JFK after his Long Flight from Kashmir Rafiq Kathwari 221
Essay on Reentry Reginald Dwayne Betts 227
Married Love Kathleen Flenniken 233
Exorcism / Freeport Richard Georges 241
22: La Bota Esteban Rodríguez 247
In Leticia's Kitchen Drawer Peggy Robles-Alvarado 253
When We Were 13, Jeff's Father Left the Needle Down on a Journey Record Before Leaving the House One Morning and Never Coming Back Hanif Abdurraqib 259
Leaving Early Leanne O'Sullivan 265
Seventh Circle of Earth Ocean Vuong 271
Song Tracy K. Smith 277
Coconut Oil Roshni Goyate 283
The Place Where We Are Right Yehuda Amichai Trans. Stephen Mitchell 289
What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade Brad Aaron Modlin 297
Life Drawing R. A. Villanueva 305
Consider the Hands that Write this Letter Aracelis Girmay 311
Living in the Past Joy Ladin 317
On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance Aimee Nezhukumatathil 325
Bioluminescence Paul Tran 331
Notes on the Poets 339
Acknowledgements 355
Permission Credits 359
About On Being 367