In Persian, there are 89 words for love.
I would be happy just to remember one.
Keeps me up at night, memorizing
your name.
© 2007 Nicole Walker
’s work has appeared in Ploughshares, Shenandoah, Bellingham Review, Fence, Seneca Review, Iowa Review, Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, and crazyhorse, among other journals. A recent NEA grant recipient, she teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
