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• Introduction (Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry) • essay by Shira Lipkin and Michael Damian Thomas
• Becoming Wonder Woman • poem by Julia Rios
• And the Bronze Medal Goes To... • poem by M. David Blake
• Robin's Legs • poem by Mary Robinette Kowal
• If • poem by Kip Manley
• Oh Captain! America's Captain • poem by Alex Bledsoe
• Mrs. Freeze • poem by Anita Allen
• Riveted • poem by Lisa M. Bradley [as by Lisa Bradley]
• "Spider-Man loves me" • poem by Amy McNally
• "There once was a man from Gotham City" • poem by A. C. Wise
• Supervillanelle • poem by Lisa Nohealani Morton
• The Tiger Is Herself • poem by Gillian Daniels
• "Through the night they talk and walk" • poem by Eric Burns-White
• Said Gorilla Grodd, to God... • poem by Erik Amundsen
• Unofficial Love • poem by Shawna Jaquez
• Riddler's Clues, a Villanelle • poem by John O'Connor
• Invisible • poem by Emily Wagner
• Hawkguy • poem by Michael Damian Thomas
• Darksein the Diabolic Plots His Comeback from Beyond the Grave • poem by Mike Allen
• Alias • poem by Erika Ensign
• Judah Maccabee • poem by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• The Scarlet Witch at Rest • poem by Laura McCullough
• Apache Chief • poem by Sofia Samatar
• Wonder Woman Lassos the C.E.O. • poem by Wendy Babiak
• Inhumanly King. (a poem by Black Bolt) • poem by Adam P. Knave
• Poison Ivy • poem by Emily Nordling
• An Elegy for Evelyn Cream • poem by Amal El-Mohtar
• The Wolverine • poem by Matthew Kuchta
• Bat-Mite's Refrain • poem by R. B. Wood
• "How many Hawkmen can dance on the head of a pin?" • poem by Adam Lipkin
• take off your horn-rims and fly • poem by Gwynne Garfinkle
• "When you obtain powers, that's when strangeness starts" • poem by Stefan Krzywicki
• Guarded • poem by Stephanie Clarkson [as by Stephanie M. Clarkson]
• J'onesing for J'onn J'onnz—A Fanboi's Paen to the Martian Manhunter • poem by Kelly McCullough
• Rocket's Red Glare • poem by John O'Connor
• The Bone Woman • poem by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• Unmasked • poem by Claire A. Miller
• knitwear is both harder and softer than suits • poem by Wednesday Burns-White
• The Fish Aquatic • poem by John Klima
• You! I Thought You Were Dead! • poem by Steven Marsh
• "All those gamma rays" • poem by Fritz Bogott
• "There once was a brave superhero" • poem by Mari Ness