Prolonging Rest

by Jill Leininger

Bent Tree, Straight Shadow

by Sydney Lea

Ashokan Farewell

by James Hoch

Royal Stems

by Cartiér Gwin

Froth of the Tides and the Further Out

by Paula Bohince

Enthrallment

by Philip Schultz

Victorian

by Ernest Hilbert

Cut to the Chase

by Elaine Equi

Epitaphs, for Epic

by Brian Culhane

The Ending Is in the Beginning

by Todd Boss

First Books, First Looks: An Omnibus Review

by William Doreski

Silence Always Happens Suddenly

by Mary Jo Bang

Wilcox House

by Myron Michael

The Kübler-Ross Joke

by Jason Schneiderman

Monogamy and the Big Beef

by Suellen Wedmore

The Geese

by Chard deNiord

Le Soldat Avec Les Besoins Infantiles

by Scott Hightower

The Shot

by Greg McBride

Last Picnic

by Charles Simic

Thirteen Footnotes in Search of a Poem

by Matthew Sisson