Syzygy 2 → Rhysling

The last time I blogged in August 2015, I announced that several of my poems had come out in the brand-new Syzygy Poetry Journal. A couple months later, I had the privilege and pleasure of having two more poems appear — "How Eternal Night Was Created" and "Letter to Zelazny from Olympus Mons" — in the second Syzygy issue. The cool thing that's happened since then is that in February 2016, those two poems were nominated for Rhysling Awards in the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA). "How Eternal Night Was Created" was nominated as a short poem (less than 50 lines), and "Letter to Zelazny from Olympus Mons" was nominated as a long poem (as a prose poem of 500+ words). Both poems will soon come out in the 2016 Rhysling Anthology, in preparation for the SFPA voting process. If you are a member of the SFPA, I hope you will consider voting for my poems. Thanks! Friends, won't you comment, please? Love to know what you're thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don't find the word "comments" in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

Syzygy!

Great news! Five of my poems have been published in the brand-new online magazine, The Syzygy Poetry Journal, a new star in the literary galaxy. There's an excellent interview with Kelly Cherry, the inaugural issue's Syzygyan Poet. Cherry says, "Chaos permits creativity. It gives us a space in which to make mistakes . . . essential in science and in art. Chaos lets seedlings – and that's a metaphor – grow where they will." Yes, indeed. Refreshing to find a poet who incorporates chaos into her sense of order. And there are many, MANY fine poets and poems. Congrats to The Syzygy Poetry Journal for an auspicious beginning. Click on the screencap image above to go straight to my poems, if you like, but be sure to browse this fine issue and enjoy the wonderful views and writing. Friends, won't you comment, please? Love to know what you're thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don't find the word "comments" in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ