Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry is a fun anthology of ridiculous to sublime original superhero poetry written by award-winning SF/F writers, poets, and fans.

Edited by Michael Damian Thomas and Shira Lipkin.

Cover by Rin Venieris

Table of Contents:

Introduction ~ Shira Lipkin & Michael Damian Thomas

Becoming Wonder Woman ~ Julia Rios

AND THE BRONZE MEDAL GOES TO... ~ M. David Blake

Robin’s Legs ~ Mary Robinette Kowal

If ~ Kip Manley

O CAPTAIN! AMERICA'S CAPTAIN! ~ Alex Bledsoe

Mrs. Freeze ~ Anita Allen

Riveted ~ Lisa Bradley

Untitled Haiku ~ Amy McNally

Untitled ~ A.C. Wise

Supervillanelle ~ Lisa Nohealani Morton

The Tiger is Herself ~ Gillian Daniels

Untitled ~ Eric Burns-White

swimming lesson ~ S. Brackett Robertson

Pantone 032 ~ Torrey Stenmark

Untitled ~ Lynne M. Thomas

Said Gorilla Grodd, to God... ~ Erik Amundsen

Unofficial Love ~ Shawna Jaquez

Riddler’s Clues, a Villanelle ~ John O'Connor

Invisible ~ Emily Wagner

Hawkguy ~ Michael Damian Thomas

Darksein the Diabolic Plots His Comeback from Beyond the Grave ~ Mike Allen

Alias ~ Erika Ensign

Judah Maccabee ~ Benjamin Rosenbaum

The Scarlet Witch at Rest ~ Laura McCullough

APACHE CHIEF ~ Sofia Samatar

Wonder Woman Lassos the C.E.O. ~ Wendy Babiak

Inhumanly King. (a poem by Black Bolt) ~ Adam P. Knave

Poison Ivy ~ Emily Nordling

An Elegy for Evelyn Cream ~ Amal El-Mohtar

The Wolverine ~ Matthew Kuchta

Bat-Mite's Refrain ~ R.B. Wood

Untitled ~ Adam Lipkin

take off your horn-rims and fly ~ Gwynne Garfinkle

Untitled ~ Stefan Krzywicki

Guarded ~ Stephanie M. Clarkson

J'onesing for J'onn J'onnz—A Fanboi's Paen to the Martian Manhunter ~ Kelly McCullough

Rocket’s Red Glare ~ John O’Connor

The Bone Woman ~ Alex Dally MacFarlane

Unmasked ~ Claire A. Miller

knitwear is both harder and softer than suits ~ Wednesday Burns-White

The Fish Aquatic ~ John Klima

You! I Thought You Were Dead!* ~ Steven Marsh

Untitled ~ Fritz Bogott

Untitled ~ Mari Ness

Bless Us, Nellie Bly, Saint of the Secular Upstarts ~ C.S.E. Cooney

The Ballad of Captain America's Disapproving Face ~ Catt Kingsgrave

Untitled ~ Michael McAfee

The Tick ~ Liz Argall

Superheroes ~ Meredith Schwartz

Friendship and Butts ~ Shawna Jaquez

Green in Gold and Silver ~ David D. Levine

Super Sense ~ Talib Hussain

Superhero Haiku Triptych ~ Paul Weimer

Princess of Gemworld ~ Mary Anne Mohanraj

Limbo ~ Shira Lipkin