Words that devour : discursive praxes and structural strategies in Psalm 50 / Carolyn J. Sharp -- 'Silence is praise' : art and knowledge in Psalm 65 / Elaine T. James -- The glory of creation in Psalm 104 / Robert Alter -- Bildad lectures Job : a close reading of Job 8 / Edward L. Greenstein -- Poetry as pedagogy in Proverbs 5 / Anne W. Stewart -- The unity and futility of poetry in Qohelet / Simeon Chavel -- Structure, sound, and sense : a close reading of chapter one of the Song of Songs / Tod Linafelt -- How is a love poem (Song 4:1-7) like the beloved? The importance of emotion in reading biblical poetry / Sarah Zhang -- Isaiah's love song : a reading of Isaiah 5:1-7 / F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Poetry, language, and statecraft in Isaiah 18 / J. Blake Couey -- The servant in poetic juxtaposition in Isaiah 49:1-13 / Katie M. Heffelfinger -- 'It is a lamentation -- it has become a lamentation!' : subverting genre in Ezekiel 19 / Sean Burt -- The enduring day of wrath : Zephaniah 1, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dies Irae / Julia M. O'Brien -- YHWH's poesie : the Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7), the book of Exodus, and beyond / Brent A. Strawn -- The decipherment of sorrow : David's lament in 2 Samuel 1:17-27 / Steven Weitzman.