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