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I'm honored to have two of my 2018 poems — "Quetzalcoatlus roboti Heads Home" and "Son of Aswang" — nominated for a Rhysling Award. Both were originally published internationally: the first in the anthology Multiverse from Shoreline of Infinity and the second in the Philippines Graphic. Although I'm in the Rhysling Anthology, I would highly recommend this book for all lovers of poetry and speculative literature.
[Disclaimer: I have poems in this volume, in both short & long form categories.]Originally intended as a voting tool for members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, the annual Rhysling Anthology has become a well-produced celebration of the previous year in speculative poetry. As such, not everything in the book is likely to appeal to any one reader's tastes.This year's selections seemed to run a bit more to actual SF and fantasy (less horror, though that was also well represe...
A great collection of science fiction poems selected by the members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. I always find some truly great poems each year and this one was no exception.
This anthology contains the 140 poems nominated for the 2019 Rhysling Award for the best speculative poetry. I strongly recommend the anthology to those interested in the current state of science fiction/fantasy/horror poetry. Indeed I think this may be the best selection in years. There were dozens of poems that I liked very much, and those poems spanned a huge range of subject matter, style, and emotion.Of the 86 poems that fell into the short-length category (under 50 lines), a few of my favo...
Now I have to figure out how to vote for the best in this anthology. I've marked 23 as my finalists, but there are so many great poems in this collection.
As I did last year, I read the collection first to scan for any standouts. I then read each item closely to see how each one stacks up on its own merits, then read through the ones receiving favorable marks to see which ones really felt like they deserved special recognition as an award, then finally a pass to rank my top three in both the short and the long categories. I noticed that while there were many which featured a strong speculative sense, there was about 10-20% which didn't feel tied t...
I'm still relatively new to speculative poetry, so reading the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's annual Rhysling Anthology is a bit of chore. That is, I have a lot of “well, that’s not really my thing” moments punctuated by a few “oh, yes, this one!” that keeps me reading. I feel this year I was better prepared to read the anthology and more open to the poetry. I especially welcomed the dearth of werewolf poems; I like werewolves just fine, but for some inexplicable reason I have a
This is a great collection of poetry from a wide variety of voices. I discovered so many talented poets thanks to this anthology! The pieces within range from short to long and run the speculative spectrum from fantasy, sci-fi, horror, hybrids, and the just plain old weird. Thank you, SFPA, for spotlighting these wonderful poems!
Not a review. Contains my poems "After Her Brother Ripped the Heads from Her Paper Dolls" and "Fairies in the Crawlspace."
I'm honored to once again be nominated for a Rhysling Award for my poem "Dead-Eye Girl" from Liminality Magazine in 2018. This year's selection of nominated poems is a fantastic collection and representation of speculative poetry.
The 2019 Rhysling Anthology, edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, which contains all the current poems nominated for the Rhysling award hosted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. It’s an honor to have “Pouring the Pennyroyal,” a collaborative poem by Laura Madeline Wiseman and I, included in the collection.
This is an anthology of the best speculative poetry published in 2018 and as such is a valuable cross-section of the genre poetry being published now. Not all of the poems are to my personal taste, but they are all excellent poems.I finished my first pass through the Anthology and don’t have much time to ruminate on the best poem among them. I’m using A method another member of the SFPA recommends: Mark all the ones you like as you read through the first time. Divide all of those into groups of
I am frequently very disappointed in the Rhysling Anthology, as my tastes in poetry do not generally align with that of the membership. I note that my votes are rarely mirrored in the list of winners, and I am only willing to mention my favorites after the voting has closed, so as not to be blamed for a kiss-of-death effect...This year, I found the voting much more difficult than usual, mostly in the short form category. There were many poems I read with pleasure, or at least respect, and my fir...
