This is an old story

with its old beginning,

as I lay me down to sleep.

But when I wake up, sunlight

has taken over the room.

You have already made the coffee

and the radio brings us music

from a confident age. In the paper

bad news is set in distant places.

Whatever was bound to happen

in my story did not happen.

But I know there are rules that cannot be broken.

— Lisel Mueller from poem In November

• The One Who’s In Love Always Wins
• Do You Count Dunkin’
• Stop Looking For Someone To Complete Your Life
• When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone of Your Past
• Then You Must Know About Grief
• So I Dated Unsuitable Men
• My Relationship To Reality Is Already Fraught
• Stitch Close The Open Wound
• Do It Now
• Careless Children Disappear With Each UFO