A BLESSING IN DISGUISE - John Ashbery

• "And right. The great spruces loom. I am yours to die with, to desire."

ANTICIPATED STRANGER - John Ashbery

• "the bruise will stop by later."

BOURBON WITH PETRARCH - Wendy Battin

• "And if you're gone, I'm not. The love goes on."

COOL DUST - Aaron Shurin

• "This is not my house, my ghost, my uninvited guest, my lost labor of love..."

FROM "MELISMAS" - Marlon Hacla

• "My love leans closely to place her lips next to my ear (and now I am molten brass, alley engulfed by rhododendrons, smoke restless while floating..."

GHOSTS (HOMAGE TO BURIAL) - EMILY BERRY