Category Archives: Poetry

Nate Maxson Sublimation   The speed of smoke           like time                     takes flight Like the stiffness in my bones after autumn’s first freeze I buried both of the wristwatches that were given to me as ceremonial gifts for a birthday and … Continue reading →

Mark Budman MOAB So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life. MOAB … Continue reading →

Mary Soon Lee How to Seduce Apophis   Open with an invitation to the little asteroid, a private appointment with the planet Earth: Friday 13, April 2029, a day ripe for apocalypse. Raise Apophis’ hopes as you nudge him nearer. … Continue reading →

Kira Lovell Artemis 11   Part I Each of us an island, the key to navigating lies behind the sky All across the country, children stare up at the stars, begging for understanding. Still more are looking down at the … Continue reading →

Lauren McBride How You Kept Saving my Life   Before the sickness claimed most of my crew and you; and later when micrometeors breached the hull, when the FTL fuel system failed, when pirates stole the cargo, and more—you told … Continue reading →

Tanner Abernathy Amathomancer’s Charge   Dulled feet follow the white licks of lunar flames; long mesas pull the horizon from the ground. The bruise-colored desert shivers and the boy and dog drape themselves at the feet of slumber. Digging heels … Continue reading →

Ann Thornfield-Long Gravity Is high magic the irresistible pull of my lips toward yours, whose destiny is gravid. Fight it, stand off, it is a grave situation. Rain always comes down. Water, sky’s liquid anchor, keeps us grounded, bound by our … Continue reading →

Maya Chhabra the siege inside o you with hands that reach to save souls drowning in the hungry sea approach now like a breaking wave and tumble down the walls of me these walls i wrought but to withstand siege-engines … Continue reading →

Clay F. Johnson Frozen Starlight This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today —David Bowie, “Space Oddity” Floating above, far above, … Continue reading →