- Shaomei Yu – The Closed Door
Chinese-American poet Shaomei Yu reflects on loss and transition with Zen-like sparseness in her poem "The Closed Door".
- Claudia Kessel – Samsara
In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.
- A Year of Kō: 16th Sekki
16th Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, MADISON WILLIAMS and SHAOMEI YU
- Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics
Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".
- Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".