Introduction xi
"Sitting on the porch swing...", Joseph Lindblad 1
"Tilt the halo over my head...", Rachel McCarren 2
At work, Nick Ross-Rhudy 3
Gift, Portia Carryer 4
Reminisce, Ross Leach 6
Punch-drunk Love, Ellie Moore 8
I Love You Alana Gracia Sopko 9
Addiction, Damon Keith Kimbrough (KARMA) 10
Lorraine V Luke, M. Rickford 12
My Love Line Color Spectrum, Larelle King 13
Making Love to Shakespeare, Ellie Moore 14
New Friend in Mexico, Nick Ross-Rhudy 17
Regardlless, Lisa Vuolo 18
Untitled, Aljune 20
"We were always looking for the highest place...", Mari 21
Love Poem, Juan Nunez 22
Pledge of Affection to a Nerd, Laura Tabor 23
"I flex my muscles...", Michael Stern 24
fingerstrings, Harris Lapiroff 25
Kitchen Stranger, Johaina Crisostomo 26
Love Song, Deneshea Richey 28
The Pond Is Dry Now, J Midgley 30
The secret lives of sea turtles, Hannah Shr 31
"(a small warm dimly lit living room...)", Nick Ross-Rhudy 32
He does, Margaret H. Samuels 34
That Fucking Zip and Zap, Ross Leach 35
Mine of miles, Portia Carryer 36
How I Fell in Love, Jennifer Holman 38
Look at my feet, Seph Kramer 39
Who I Am and What I Need, Anonymous 40
Jump. Don't Trip., Jessica C. Galente 41
Hungry, Sandra Georgijevska 42
Of Infatuation and Nicotine Fits, Timothy G. Larkin 43
Witch's Carol, Justine Koo Drennan 44
Love in the Moonlight, Dillon York 45
Like Sex, an Orange Is Best Enjoyed Slowly, Ryan Prior 46
Jellybones, Dalia Rubiano Yedidia 48
Deceleration, Katie Chow 51
Clouded Vision, Daniel Leichtling 52
Blackberries, Emma Marlowe 54
"Love only works in the winter...", Sean R. Blum 59
A Broken Snow Globe, Mehron Abdollmohammadi 60
Bodies Can Move This Way, Gia Harris 62
Who Are You?, Simon John Williams 63
Psychic Leech, Dushan Perera 64
raspy voices, Diana Phuong 66
The Last Day of Our Lifetime Together, L.C. Hughley 68
Too Like Apollo, Portia Carryer 69
"the metaphors of space and time...", Lili Martinez 70
Sonnet, Simon John Williams 72
To My Ex, Stephanie Harris 73
.directions south or north., elichia owens 74
Love Poem?, Half 76
Love is Like, Hector Jasso 78
girl/girl mouth/mouth, Luke M. Rickford 79
sarah & me, Annie Boyd 80
"I am Poe's Lenore...", Bronwen Callahan 81
Tall Glass of Beat, Mehron Abdollmohammadi 82
The Perfect Guy, Valerie Garcia 83
Jealousy, Catie Lycurgus 84
How I Tricked Myself into Losing Her, Dalia Rubiano Yedidia 85
Good Heart/ Bad Intentions, Preston Jones 88
Tristan and Iseult, J. Riggs 90
ramen noodles and hot chocolate, Kyle Enderson 92
(I'm Fuzzy,) Joshua Fu 93
The Truth of This Love, William T. Langford 94
trying to dance the story of you, Kimberly Schisler 96
My Apologies, Amy Collier 98
Aside, Zachary Boehler 100
"You're the bus driver on the Main Street line...", Michelle 102
Twelve, Crystal Salas 103
Fat Kid, Ben Cuevas 105
"You pretend that love is momentary...", Faaeza Kazi 108
Testimony, LaToya Jackson 109
You Had Your Chance, Paul Stone 110
Or Not Disaster 111
"In the presence of people...", Thomas Andrade 112
Denial, Luke M. Rickford 113
Indian Tea, Christine S. Stoddard 114
"The stars, oh my god, the stars...", Ben Johnson 115
Sky in My Mouth, Grace Peterson 116
Hello, Love, Michael Dowell 117
Detrimental to My Success, Jaylene Clark 118
Dreams of Ivy, A-lan Holt 120
Mobius Heart, Phillip Taylor-Parker 123
What Is, Jenny Xie 124
Minus 64.5% of Us, Phillip Taylor-Parker 125
Crave, Cassandra E. Hueser 126
Clinically Proven: Impossible, Nadia Kent 128
Terminal, Joseph 131
Ode to You in Beat, Emma Zeldin 133
The Chronicles of Love, Anthony Hill 136
Ode to Her Skin, Luke M. Rickford 137
a pause for poetry., A-lan Holt 138
Untitled, J Midgley 139
a note from a late romantic, Bonnie Kavoussi 140
Song, Cole Lutke 141
Tonight, Portia Carryer 142
Memories of You, Mary Katherine Meadows 143
Raindrop Songs, Zachary Boehler 144
Credits and Acknowledgments 147