- Letter from the Associate Poetry Editor Katie Schmid
- Nocturne
† Paula McLain - Bog Man Paula McLain
- Talk of Sports and Youth Turns to Sex and Mourning Howie Faerstein
- Debbie: Early October 2007 Therese Newman
- How Oggy Did It Susan Kaplan
- Reframing Her Paintings MaryAnn Franta Moenck
- On the Fabric of the Human Body
Book I: Chapter 19: On the Bones of the Thorax Sandy Longhorn - Incision Carmella Braniger
- Mothers’ Apologia Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
- Jacob: 31 December 2007 Hilary Disch
- Cozy Cottage Karen Neuberg
- Blue Chevies Jim Klein
- Glimpse Scott M. Bade
- Suckle Doug Ramspeck
- core study: notes on an apple Peter Schwartz
- Outdoor Café, October Sarah J. Sloat
- Music and Skin David LaBounty
- Night Music Stephan Delbos
- Boy Scout Serenade at St Mary’s Home for the Aged Brent Fisk
- Everything Off Michael Cocchiarale
midflightmeteors Urayoán Noel- Public Pool Carmella Braniger
- If the Beginning Is in Turn— John Pursley, III
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