British novelist, Rudyard Kipling, and his poem, "If"

British poet, Andrew Marvell, and "To His Coy Mistress"

American poet and writer, Christopher Vondracek, and “Hanging Out in the Deadwood Library during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally”

American novelist and poet, Steven Wingate, and “Octet for my Future South Dakota Selves”

Korean-American poet, Su Hwang and “Show Me Where it Hurts”

American poet and essayist, Dana Gioia and "The Next Poem"

Korean-American poet, Ed Bok Lee and "Poetry is a Sickness"

American poet and essayist, Heid Erdrich and "Stung"

American poet, Richard Robbins and “Old Country Portraits”

American poet, writer, and editor, JD Schraffenberger and “Brother Tom Smoking Too Much”