Acknowledgments

Austin, Derrick. “At the Grave of Patrick Kelly” first published in Dilettante Army.

Bromberg, Gloria. “The Addiction Counselor Considers Her Job While Reading Leaves of Grass on the Bus” first published in Feral Poetry.

Buschi, Mary Lou. “Today’s Objective” first published in Red Lightbulbs.

Camp, Lauren. “Manifesto” first published in Funicular Magazine.

Collard, Andrew. “Fit Check” first published in Another Chicago Magazine. Connolly, Geraldine. “A Woman’s Labor” first published in The Baltimore Review. Connors, Ginny. “Pack Horse Librarian” first published in Rappahannock Review.

Crooker, Barbara. “Patty’s Charcoal Drive-In” from Selected Poems by Barbara Crooker (Future Cycle Press 2015). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Dentz, Shira. “Aubade Again” first published in Action, Spectacle.

Ditkoff, Mitch. “My Uber Driver” from Unspoken Word: Loving & Letting Go by Mitch Ditkoff. Reprinted with permission of the author.

Dolan, Liz. “Picking Up Steam” first published in Tipton Poetry Journal. Eddy, Zach. “Aluminum Apple” first published in Outskirts Literary Journal. Fisk, Molly. “Swimming” first published in Terrain.

Freed, Jennifer L. “My Student Asks Me How I Know” first published in Off the Coast.

Gonzales, Susana. “Mother’s Earth” first published in Redheaded Stepchild.

Gunter-Seymour, Kari. “Inclinations” first published in About Place Journal.

Marc Harshman, Marc. “Sacred” from Woman in Red Anorak by Mark Harshman (Lynx House Press, 2018). Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Henry, Matthew E. “when asked to read a poem for the Black History Month assembly, again” first published in Cultural Daily.

Hilbert, Donna. “My Dad’s Lunch Box” from Traveler in Paradise: New & Selected Poems (PEARL Editions, 2004). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Hodge, Leslie. “Lucky” first published in Main Street Rag.

Hoppenthaler, John. “Busking” first published in Great River Review, and from Anticipate the Coming Reservoir by John Hoppenthaler (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Lasché, Haley. “[in traffic approaching plain]” from ONE by Haley Lasché (Beauty School Editions, LLC, 2023). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Maddox, Marjorie. “1974: Making the Beds at the Days Inn” first published in Silver Birch Press and Topology Magazine.

Mallalieu, Rachel. “Good Friday, 2020” first published in Love’s Executive Order.

Mandell, M.R. “Olivia Newton-John Riedell Roller Skates” first published in SWWIM.

Marchetti, Sandra. “Against Seven-Inning Doubleheaders and Starting Runners on Second Base in Extra Innings in Major League Baseball” first published in Blackbird.

Marhefka, Annie. “To the bartender who tends to more than just the bar” first published in Door is a Jar.

Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni). “On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel,” translated by John Addington Symonds. Poem and translation are in the public domain.

Mills, Geraldine. “Butter Stamp” from Bone Road by Geraldine Mills (Arlen House, 2019). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Minassian, Michael. “The Sweater” from 1000 Pieces of Time by Michael Minassian (Sheila Na-Gig Editions, 2025). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Moyer, Erik. “The Painter” first published in The Summerset Review.

Murphy, Erin. “Elegy for the 30-Year Career” From Human Resources by Erin Murphy (Grayson Books, 2025). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Nicholson, Renée K. “Curtain Call” first published in Still: A Journal.

Puican, Mike. “30 Seconds” first published in Rhino.

Quesada, Ruben. “Poetry Is Bourgeois” first published in What Things Cost, ed. by Rebecca Gayle Howell and Ashley Jones (University Press of Kentucky, 2023). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Rodríguez, R. Joseph. “Everyjuan/x” from This Is Our Summons Now: Poems by R. Joseph Rodríguez (FlowerSong Press, 2022). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Rhein, Christine. “In the Dynamometer Lab” first published in David Lehman’s column “Next Line, Please” online in The American Scholar.

Salner, David. “Prophet of Furnaces and Dust” first published in the Lascaux Review. Saiyed, Turab. “Once a Year” first published in LEON Literary Review.

Sexton, Sean. “Day’s Work” from May Darkness Restore by Sean Sexton (Press 53, 2019). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Veach, Cindy. “How a Community of Women” from Gloved Against Blood by Cindy Veach (CavanKerry Press, 2017). Reprinted with permission of CavanKerry Press.

Vine, Ryan. “KFC” from To Keep Him Hidden by Ryan Vine (Salmon Poetry, 2018). Reprinted with permission of the author.

Wang, Jennifer Elise. “Being Roommates with a Stripper” first published in The New Verse News.

Werstein, Ed. “Dangling in Mid-Air” first published in Lunch Bucket Brigade #6.

Witte, Francine. “The Mover’s Wife” first published in The Indiana Review.