A heartbroken man remembers his ex-lover while reading about the dramatic end to the relationship between two famous poets and listening to his favorite musician.

An aspiring poet who hones his craft through hard practice experiences an unexpected setback when his younger cousin undermines his belief that skilled art-making requires time and effort.

Curious about a poet incarcerated for horrible crimes, a woman tries to get closer to poetry—and to him.

A Black poet living in an old plantation house struggles to maintain control of her mind by writing the stories of her ancestors. When one of those ancestors begins possessing her and forcing her to kill as punishment, she must choose between continuing to document their stories or being silenced forever.

A professor tries to convey to his students the magnitude of the most perfectly crafted poem ever written in the English language: “Lycidas.”

A poet dissects her relationship to a forensic scientist named Eddy.

A poet attempts to sleep comfortably at a friend’s house without disturbing his hosts.

A writer accuses his sister's son of telepathically stealing his manuscripts; when his claim is met with disbelief, he cleverly engineers the death of his young nephew.

A famous poet wakes up in the afterlife but wishes to be alive, and death offers her a deal. If she kills a boy, she can live for 25 more years.

Drawing from Almeda Roth’s 1873 poetry collection Offerings and Roth’s town newspaper the Vidette, an unnamed researcher guides the reader through a rich biography of Roth’s personal affairs, love interest, and ultimate death.