- Rich Smith, “Like Father”
- Kathleen Ossip, “I’m Afraid of Death”
- Frank Bidart, “Mourn”
- Mary Ann Samyn, “Little Muchness”
- Amit Majmudar, “The Enduring Appeal of the Western Canon”
- John Gallaher, “Love is Everywhere”
- Erin Lyndal Martin, 2 poems concerning monks and bees
I can be had for the price of anything with bees in it, and this morning finished reading this terrific story by Kij Johnson, “At the Mouth of the River of Bees,” which is of course the title story of her book At the Mouth of the River of Bees.