Categories: short poems (under 50 lines), haiku and scifaiku, long poems (50 lines and over)
(listing reprints is optional, but if you do, put them as a separate category).
Of the poetry we published last year, five were nominated for the SFPA Rhysling award: two for best short poem: "Going Viral," by Mary Turzillo, and "we play the lithophones," by dan smith; three for best long poem: "Six Random Facts About Halley's Comet," by J.E. Stanley, plus "Galatea" and "Tohoku Tsunami," both by Mary Turzillo. Congratulations!
Speculators 2012:
Joshua Gage
LIST IS STILL INCOMPLETE
Short poems:
- "Contradance," (clevelandpoetics collaboration, with Shelley Chernin, Geoffrey Landis, T.M. Gottl & J.E. Stanley) Night Ballet Broadside Series, 2012
Geoffrey A. Landis:
Short poems:
- "Tachyons" (3 haiku), Asimov's Science Fiction (April-May 2012)
- "The Great Silence (Sonnet for SETI)," James Gunn's Ad Astra, #1 (June 2012)
- "In the Library of Rock," Kaleidotrope (Spring 2012)
- "Singularity" (haiku) Star*Line (34.3, 2012)
- "Ghosts" (2 haiku), Asimov's Science Fiction (Oct-Nov 2012)
Non-SF poems:
- "One Breath Poem," The Aurorean (Spring-Summer 2012):
- "Contradance," (clevelandpoetics collaboration, with Shelley Chernin, Joshua Gage, T.M. Gottl & J.E. Stanley) Night Ballet Broadside Series
- "geese fly noisily,"( haiku) Starship Sofa "Poetry planet" podcast, July 2012
- "one crimson leaf," (haiku) Issa's Untidy Hut (Nov. 21 2012)
- "granite boulder," (2 Haiku) Vending Machine: Poetry for Change (Poet's Haven 2012)
- 3 haiku: The Squire: Hands Anthology (Writing Knights, Dec. 22, 2012)
Reprinted 2012:
- "subsume." Star*Line (Oct/Dev 2011)
- "A Thousand Dooms," Sein & Werden (online version, Jan 2012)
- spatters of blood (haiku), Dwarf Stars 2012
- "A Month of Sundays," Starship Sofa, No. 339 (podcast) "Poetry Planet" (March 14 2012)
- "Epitaph for Homo Floresiensis," Exploring the Cosmos Science Poetry Pamphlet
- "Three Things Invisible," Hessler Street Fair Anthology 2012
- "How the Frogs Survived," Buzzkill: Apocalypse (NightBallet Press, June 2012)
- after the flash, Buzzkill: Apocalypse (NightBallet Press, June 2012)
- "Small Conquerors," Buzzkill: Apocalypse (NightBallet Press, June 2012
- "&June & Croon," Starship Sofa (podcast), "Poetry planet" July 2012
- (Haiku): The sky grows bright, Vending Machine: Poetry for Change (Poet's Haven 2012)
- Time invisible, Vending Machine: Poetry for Change (Poet's Haven 2012)
- Carved stone gods, Vending Machine: Poetry for Change (Poet's Haven 2012)
- Haiku for H.P Lovecraft, Cthulu Haiku (Popcorn Press, 2012)
- Carved stone gods, Cthulu Haiku (Popcorn Press, 2012)
- Moon floats, Cthulu Haiku (Popcorn Press, 2012)
- Spatters of blood, Cthulu Haiku (Popcorn Press, 2012)
dan smith:
Short poems:
- “we play the lithophones”, Cthulhu Haiku & Other Mythos Madness, Popcorn Press, 2012
- “zombies can't text” Zombies for a Cure, 2012
- “The Zombie Orchestra" Zombies for a Cure, 2012
- “at the zombie dance club"Zombies for a Cure, 2012
- “rejects” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “always” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “the AI” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “Concerto for Eight Arms and a Mandible” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- "our ship” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- "seasons come and go” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “I sense the moist air” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “reaching light speed” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- "two hundred years” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- "between home” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “reawakened” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “the ships data” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “KretZikan protocols:" Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “our ships” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “in the endless dark” Scifaikuest, May 2012
- “patriarchs come and go”
- “minimalist”, published on 12-10-12 on Julie Bloss Kelsey's Blog
Non-Genre poems:
- “It's Against the Rules,” Vending Machine-Poetry for Change, Vol. 3, Poets Haven Press, Nov. 2012
- Chicken Suit Music, Red Fez, issue 52, 12-12
- “Sudoko” & “your old kimono”, "Wednesday Haiku," Issa's Untidy Hut, 2012
- “Cleveburgian Mindfuck”, Deep Cleveland Junkmail Oracle, 12-12
- “Games Over” & “Terminal,” both published at Dead Mule, 3-12
- "A Little More Baloney With That Cheese or Communism Comes To The Workers Via The Corporate Oligarchy," published at New Verse News 6-18-12.
Reprinted 2012:
- “Robespierre Had The Greenest Eyes,” reprinted in Dwarf Stars 2012 (from Paper Crow Vol. 2, No. 1)
- “Matinee Motel - Hollywood: Two Humans," reprinted in Dwarf Stars 2012 (from Sein und Werden, April 2011)
- Matinee Motel CD - poems by dan smith, music by Dan Wenniger, ts - Miles Budimir, drums - Morgan Ellington,tpt & electric bass
J.E. Stanley:
Short poems:
- “Selected Regions of the Moon” Buzzkill: Apocalypse – An End of the World Anthology (NightBallet Press, Cleveland, OH 2012)
- “Fiat Null,” Buzzkill: Apocalypse – An End of the World Anthology (NightBallet Press, Cleveland, OH 2012)
- “a world with no dragons,” 2012 Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology (Cleveland Heights, OH, 2012)
Long poems:
- “Six Random Facts About Halley’s Comet," Star*Line (35.1, January-March 2012)
Reprints and Non-SF poems:
- “Thoughts on Cremation,” Buzzkill: Apocalypse – An End of the World Anthology (Night Ballet Press, Cleveland, OH 2012)
- “inspiration” After Greg Schwartz, Night Ballet Press Website (2012)
- “Wayfaring Pilgrim” and “Humbuckers,” Noteworthy Travelin’ (Night Ballet Press, 2012)
- "Contradance" (clevelandpoetics collaboration, with Shelley Chernin, Joshua Gage, T.M. Gottl & Geoffrey Landis) Night Ballet Broadside Series, 2012
Mary A. Turzillo:
Short poems:
- "Venus, Again," Sounds of the Night, February 2012.
- "Care and Feeding," Asimov's Science Fiction (2012)
- "Going Viral" Star*Line, 35.1 (Jan-Mar 2012)
- "Invisible Cat" in The Über Cat & Dragon Owner Manual (Sam's Dot, 2012)
- "Loaded Dice" in Illumen, #17, Autumn 2012
- "Afterwards" in Dreams & Nightmares, 93, Sept. 2012
- "Foresight" in Illumen, #17, Autumn 2012
- "Loaded Dice," in Illumen, #17, Autumn 2012
- the collection Lovers and Killers (see below) also contains several new poems, both speculative and mainstream
Long poems:
- "Galatea," in Abyss & Apex, #3, 2012
- "Tohoku Tsunami," in Lovers and Killers, (Dark Regions Press 2012)
non-SF poem:
- "Birth Mother," in Vending Machine: Poetry for Change (Poet's Haven 2012)
Reprinted 2012:
Poetry Collection:
- "Graffiti Tree" in Rhysling Anthology 2012 (SFPA 2012)
- "Moving to Enceladus" in Rhysling Anthology 2012 (SFPA 2012)
- "The Legend of the Emperor's New Space Suit (a Tale of Consensus Reality)" in Rhysling Anthology 2012 (SFPA 2012)
- "Gacy" in Illumen, #17, Autumn 2012
- "Life Goes on," Buzzkill: Apocalypse (Night Ballet Press, June 2012)
- "Hibiscus Island," Buzzkill: Apocalypse (Night Ballet Press, June 2012)
- Lovers and Killers (contains both new and reprint poems), (Dark Regions Press 2012)