- Letter from the Poetry Editor Christopher Goodrich
- Love is a UFO Howie Good
- Notes on Empathy Howie Good
- Fiery Objects Ethel Rohan
- Postcard from the Realm of Grief Robert McDonald
- Exes Jessy Randall & Daniel M. Shapiro
- The Woman is a Clock LeAnna Crawford
- Self Exam Connie Post
- The Mother Visits the Oracle Barbara Paparazzo
- The Threshold Is Still Pulsating Barbara Paparazzo
- Saturday Afternoon Nap Barbara Paparazzo
- George: October 2008 Laurel Elizabeth Zeiss
- Requiem for a Dead Possibility Suzanne Richardson Harvey
- Love Scene, Shot with Mosquito and Ant David Essinger
bridge collapses into the mississippi † Connie Post- Fish Heads Daniel Robinson
- Traveling Poem Susan Minyard
- Get LeAnna Crawford
- Pear Karen Greenbaum-Maya
- The Shock of Old Women Nude Terri Brown-Davidson
- Ruffled Therese Gilardi
- Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Cicada Terri Brown-Davidson
- He Told Me He Had a Dungeon in His House Buzz Mauro
- Larry Walters @ 16,000 Feet Peter Funk
- The Invention of Heterosexuality David Brennan
- Laos: 10 December 2008 Michael Chirillo
- Untranslatable Buzz Mauro
- Madison Community Pool John Cheddar
A dagger (†) indicates that the piece was featured on the cover.