• “The Kiss” by Stephen Dunn, 2007

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/kiss

• “Bar Napkin Sonnet #11” by Moira Egan, 2005

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49272/bar-napkin-sonnet-11

• “The Sun in Bemidji, Minnesota” by Sean Hill, 2015

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/sun-bemidji-minnesota

• “Kissing as a Religion” by Susan Doble Kaluza, 2014

http://www.rattle.com/kissing-as-a-religion-by-susan-doble-kaluza/

• “A Poem for Pulse” by Jameson Fitzpatrick, 2017

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147304/a-poem-for-pulse

• “One Shies at the Prospect of Raising Yet Another Defense of Cannibalism” by Josh Bell, 2013

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/one-shies-prospect-raising-yet-another-defense-cannibalism

• “The Look” by Sara Teasdale

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46007/the-look-56d225c39adda

• “Because I cannot remember my first kiss” by Roger Bonair-Agard, 2013

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/because-i-cannot-remember-my-first-kiss

• “The Kiss” by Kurt Brown, 2014

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57451/the-kiss-56d23afcdf8c4

• “Spin” by Alison Townsend, 2007

https://www.rattle.com/spin-by-alison-townsend/