- Nathan Hassall – Write a simple poem, my wife said, so I wrote a short one
Poet Nathan Hassall's "Write a simple poem, my wife said, so I wrote a short one" transcends the small confines of its verbiage into the enormity of universal divinity.
- A Year of Kō: 17th Sekki
17th Sekki poems by BOB RAMA, COLEMAN DAVIS and SHAOMEI YU
- 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
