Edge Out near the spiral edges where the darkness is damn near unending— stars are microscopic pinpricks in a dark blanket pulled over your head— and faint voices of people dripping from the speaker […]

Lifecycles sunrain and carbon seed— floweryou from stardust and loam gene and rhizome and melt me— winterbeing frozenman from snow and alone wither and regrow evaporate and return i’m as old as all the waters […]

When we look up at the night sky, what do we see? What surrounds us, and what do we, in turn, surround with the mists of our aggregate particles? Photo by Daniel Absi: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-black-sand-952670/ mare […]

In separation from the familiar, we gain a new appreciation and longing for home. Photo by Pramod Tiwari on Unsplash prayers in zero gravity i please, give us a home that won’t slip away like submarines under dark […]

How do the tragic monsters of the Victorian gothic move past their trauma? Attribution: Cloth Stock photos by Vecteezy; Artist: Roman Bulatov;  Title/Link to the original image: A man is holding a piece of fabric […]

The premise for this poem – rebirth – was spawned from some life challenges I’d been dealing with last year. It’s a personal clarion call, cautionary tale, and celebration all in one. Photo by Greg […]

The universe is full of unfortunate deadly first contacts between man and ferocious previously unknown beasts. But what about close encounters with a creature of a wholly other kind? Photo by Jill Dimond on Unsplash […]

The distance that lies between what is real and what is imitation is much less than we might believe. Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash Robotic Units are Essential Companions for the Terminally Ill – […]

“We shall carry our legends into the stars and we’ll still need people to do what needs to be done. Some dirty jobs never have vacancies—“ Pied Piper By Elizas3 Source: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26425951/ Near Teegarden’s Star […]

This poem was written in response to an exhibit of Australian aboriginal art at the Chazen Museum. What struck me was the absence of defining borders between the physical world and the dreaming world, between […]

“Small Reveals” is part of a series revealing the life of Rapunzel. She was more than hair and singing from a tower window. Come, read how she untangled her life and found meaning in her […]

In “Stages of Growth,” the poet imagines the different stages a sentient species goes through as it (hopefully) survives and evolves into cosmic awareness. Stages of Growth 1 Filling the pit of endless want Tech […]

One of the joys of Science Fiction Haiku is the ability to imagine a world where seasons last thousands of years. Masefield Prospect smart seeds glittering a cloud around a comet building Dyson trees by […]

It is said the meek shall inherit the earth. But what if the earth ends up not being the earth we had hoped, and the meek end up not being who we thought they would […]