Highland Park Poetry asked poets to write about a message in a bottle. These selected poems investigate everything you ever wanted to know about this desperate and optimistic communication from distress messages, scientific studies, invitations to possible pen pals, and love letters. There are also variations on this form of improbable communications like time capsules, interstellar radio messages, and more. Contributing poets include: Murray Alfredson, Carol Alfus, Duane Anderson, Marie Asner, Rob Baker, Kanwalpreet Baidwan, Greg Beatty, Mary Bone, Jude Luttrell Bradley, Mary Beth Bretzlauf, Paul Buchheit, David Stanford, Burr, Vanessa Caraveo, Megan Cartwright, Pamelyn Casto, Hanh Chau, Bob Chicoine, Jackie Chou, Jan Chronister, Daniel Cleary, Victoria Crawford, Laura Daniels, Mo Daley, Mary Christine Delea, Gail Denham, Morgan Silas Donnelly, Jennifer Dotson, Miranda P. Dotson, Laura Atanacio Edington, Michael Escoubas, Sara Etgen-Baker, Beatriz F. Fernandez, Daniel Fitzgerald, Tobin Fraley, Mike Freveletti, Judith Stern Friedman, Carol L. Gloor, Tina Gonzalez, Elen Griffiths, Gay Guard-Chamberlin, Jim Hanson, Jim Hart, Caden Hartsburg, Colleen McManus Hein, Julie Isaacsn, Michael Lee Johnson, Fiona M. Jones, Elizabeth Stanley King, Jim King, Pauline Kochanski, Candace Kubinec, Tom Langlands, Kerry Leaf, Joan Leotta, Arlene Gay Levine, Laurinda Lind, Lennart Lundh, Ann Malaspina, Danielle Martin, William Marr, David Mathews, John McCutcheon, Matt McGee, Adrian McRobb, Mike O'Leary, Carl "Papa" Palmer, Marjorie Rissman, James Rodgers, Sreejata Roy, Kathryn Schmeiser, Don Shearn, Terry L. Slaney, Caroline Skanne, Gerry Sloan, Jacqueline Stearns, Sharon Suzuki-Martinez, Bill Waters, Briana Wessel, Lynn West, Patrick Allen Wright, and R. M. Yager.