This Staggering May Day

May 1, 2026

In fact, I’m improving.
This staggering May Day—
Lacking your presence
A solid week—
I nonetheless hear
Your telephone voice
In a luxury of trust,
A swell of thanks
My memory bears
No precedent for.
Further, I seem
Near sane in the mirrors
I’ve passed since dawn.

Reynolds Price, “May Day”

And one more May Day poem for the workers of the world, from nila northSun:

when i sleep
i should be paid
overtime

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Thought:

“I thought Zen poems
were supposed to sound wise.

Now I’m going to buy
as much beer as five dollars

can buy and drink it
right here on the sofa.”

Maggie Nelson | “A Misunderstanding”

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