Introduction / -- Bill Henderson
Catacombs -- Jason Zencka
Thanks for coming in -- Ron Koertge
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Anthony Wallace
Imperatives for carrying on in the aftermath -- Natasha Trethewey
Bajadas -- Francisco Cantú
The plate-spinner -- Steve Stern
Memorial day -- Brian Doyle
Creative types -- Tom Bissell
Float -- Reginald McKnight
Michaux State Forest, New Year's
Christopher Kempf --
Tolstoy and God -- Brian Morton
The home for Buddhist widows -- Blair Hurley
The leash -- Ada Limón
Praying mantis in my husband's salad -- Laura Kasischke
Tidal wave -- Valerie Sayers
Act -- Stephen Hess
The boatman -- Carolyn Forché
Stranger, thank you for giving me this body -- Teresa Dzieglewicz
Zombies -- Daniel Harris
Freedom -- Rachel Cusk
It's something people in love do -- Christopher Citro
Elegy -- Keith Woodruff
Taut rhythmic surfaces -- George Saunders
Poem imposing order -- Keith Ratzlaff
Basic training -- Mahreen Sohail
Good hair -- Safiya Sinclair
The future consequences of present actions -- Allegra Hyde
When I think of Tamir Rice while driving -- Reginald Dwayne Betts
The dreams of kings -- Sujata Shekar
Mentor -- Mark Jude Poirier
Belief -- Jamie Quatro
My dear master Liszt -- Ben Stroud
Undocumented alien -- Joyce Carol Oates
Any common desolation -- Ellen Bass
Funny bird sex -- John R. Nelson
Bully -- Amit Majmudar
Famous actor -- Jess Walter
Desired appreciation -- Solmaz Sharif
Miracle fruit -- Ethan Chatagnier
Dixon -- Bret Anthony Johnston
Sad song -- Chase Twichell
I will love you in the summertime -- Christian Wiman
Elegy with grown folks' music -- Saeed Jones
Natural history -- Camille T. Dungy
Counselor of my heart -- Lydia Conklin
Beach city -- Jaquira Diaz
About the tongue -- Christopher Todd Anderson
Absolute rhythm -- David Wojahn
Milk -- Ye Chun
How we built our house -- Thomas R. Moore
Condition -- Erica Dawson
Burn scars -- Philip Connors
Language lesson for one -- Pui Ying Wong
Weekend trip -- Anne Ray
A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness -- Jai Chakrabarti
Abracadabra -- Kathleen Lynch
Dispatch from flyover country -- Meghan O'Gieblyn
On gay parenting -- Andrew Solomon
The ménage -- Louisa Ermelino
I told the water -- Tarfia Faizullah
Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy -- Kaveh Akbar
Gunpowder -- Rebecca Hazelton
Latchkey -- Nick Norwood
How to shoot someone who outdrew you -- David Meischen
Aubade for non-citizens -- Lo Kwa Mei-en
When you died -- Jane Wong
Reign of embers -- Cecilia Woloch
Maybe mermaids and robots are lonely -- Matthew Fogarty
Telemachus -- Jim Shepard
Everything you want right here -- Delaney Nolan-- Special mention-- Presses featured in the Pushcart Prize editions since 1976-- The Pushcart Prize fellowships-- Contributing small presses-- Contributors' notes-- Index.