Foreword, or how this series came to be -- Thoughts, reflections, and stream of consciousness. Against metamorphosis / Alex Mouw -- discordant packing / Amy Conger -- Dark Knight / Detroit Leprechaun -- In reflections / Greg Gose -- Fluid flow : streamlines and the equation of continuity / Kathleen Belshan -- Me, myself, and I / Mark T. Barden -- The warm rift / Leena Ghannam -- Soul Food / Alexandra Dinser -- For my last pair of shoes / Zachary Hay -- Tell me about yourself / Kamryn Kurtzner -- Late nights at university / Penelope Orsargos -- Sobering slow bolts / Cal LaFountain -- trans kids / Deanna Luton -- Wake up / TG Doetsch -- Through cracked foundation / Miranda Burel -- Mountains / J. Carter -- The queen / Elizabeth LaFave -- Unaware / Barbara Mauter -- Addiction / Jessica Kreutzer -- You stand out among the many / Katie Smith -- The hereafter / Reham Mahdi -- Slow down / Jaime Lyn Twombly. Life and memories. Le promenade des anglais / Maura Sands -- Alone / John Castro -- Sent / Scott Schuer -- We / Alyx DeMeyere -- Sunday nights / Hannah Fowler -- Blisters / Neal Steichen -- The hill / Emily Pauling / Girl -- Megan Martin -- Each morning / Leah Cheatham -- Rose garden / Erin D. Lilly -- The designer / Owen Maximillian Rogoff -- Morning poem / Garrett Wenger -- Longing / Ayat Altamimi -- Wasp throat / Evan Nowlin -- Waiting for the rain / Maria Vainer -- stretching wings / Liam Strong -- Eternal sunshine / Deonte Osayande -- Hand-me-down / Reema. Family and friends. A remembrance / Anna Kenny -- For the cracked thermometer on my porch / Mary Maroste -- Telepath / Benjamin Smith -- Minio / Maricela Huerta -- Twins / Ben DeGarmo -- Sandwiches / Arianna Mynda. Love, romance, and heartbreak. My painting / Miranda Kulig -- Breathing underwater / Cheyenne C. Cox -- Explaining things without words / Justin Rousse -- The puzzle / Nicholas van der Waard -- Au revoir / Zeina Angela Yahfoufi -- The beginning of the end / Hiba Z. Alata -- Goosebumps / Emily Ann Anderson -- Thoughts : 2:42 PM / S. Malburg -- Gilderoy / Blue Profitt -- Honolulu / Maxwell Malone -- Heart of Paper / Jacque Abad) -- We are okay / Lexi Helbert -- Concerning eyeliner wings / Cassidy Eubanks -- One thousand lines / Amanda Avella -- green glass bottles / Angelina Camilleri -- Be and stay / Courtney Bedrosian -- Golden in the moonlight / Eva Sagoli -- Open letter to unopened texts / Nathan Bartos -- Colpo di Fulmine / Ann Hosler -- Skins / Sabrina Bolvari -- The art of falling / Darian Qualls -- Romantics / Morgan Troxell -- The man of my dreams / Annette Oziem -- The composition / Iris Petersen -- Still time for Tahiti / Tyler R. Wettig -- A landscape of two / Colin Hoogerwerf -- Every break-up a haiku we wish were more profound / Stephanie Roach -- Thesaurus / Valerie Mercier -- Torn / Jasmine McFarland. Beauty. Imbibe / Brandon Shelton -- Gnaw / Natalie C. Smith -- Deeper / Dequonte Maxwell -- Pretty / Brenna Buckwald. Nature, Wildlife, and the outdoors. Sock / Johnny Drop -- First swim / Lisa Folkmire -- Tri / Ashleigh Schoeninger -- Where fairies once flew / Darcy Boyea -- The field / Fatima Mashrah -- Only tulips / Alisa Velaj -- Nature's song / Alice Fireheart -- Nostalgia for earth breeding / Courtney Hilden -- Found along Lake Michigan / Emily Vander Ark -- Aquaphile / Cassandra Anouthay. Inspiration. The flame / Nancy Boyd -- Maya Angelo / Swaits -- Hospitalized during the holidays / La'Daysha Moore -- Falling stars / Tess Wenderski -- Unseen horizon / Aaron T. Hamm -- American exceptionalism is / Plamen Sarov. Miscellaneous. For the last three days / Rachel Stock -- Mexico / Maria G. Ibarra-Frayre -- He is the rain / Cat Conway -- Thrill / Stefan Yambao -- Sun / Monika Stutzman -- Something for October / Mark Majcher -- Purgatory Chloe Nowicki -- Endurance, 1915, Taylor Mallay -- "Write about putting trust in someone" / Sharon-Rose Piwang -- Michigan rain / Jocelyn Kirk -- Breakfast blues / E.G. Anderson -- Wax and wane / David Brush -- Pulse / David Baird. Note to the reader -- About Z Publishing House -- Author biographies.