PUBLISHED POEMS BY THE EDITOR




Published in Apex
“barefoot sprites beware”  A 5-7-5 fantasy/horror haiku. Published in Apex Issue 70 March 2015 http://www.apex-magazine.com/barefoot-sprites-beware/.
Published in Asimov's

"first contact" A 5-7-5 scifaiku.  Published in Asimov's August 2014.

“music for robots”  A 5-7-5 scifaiku.  Published in Asimov's August 2015.

Published in Eternal Haunted Summer
“Oreithyia”  A 5-7-5 speculative haiku about the mother of the Greek goddess of snow.  Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.

“Snow White” A gothic blend of Grimm's Snow White with the Greek myth of Oreithyia, Khione, and Boreas.  Traditional, rhyming ballad, 8 quatrains.  Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/snow-white/.
“Death and the Healer” A narrative poem inspired by "Across the Ultimate Boundary." The Healer Aireal confronts Death in his own realm. 34 lines. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2015 Spring Equinox issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2015/death-and-the-healer/
“Fear and Panic” a sci-fi poem of 6 words inspired by the satellites of Mars.  Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.

“gone is the harper”  a 5-7-5 fantasy 'ku inspired by Ovid's Death of Orpheus. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.

“Morning Star” a science fiction poem of 5 words inspired by the planet Venus. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.


“labyrinthine verse”  a 5-7-5 fantasy 'ku. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.


“The Battle of Shuhyung and the Yellow Emperor” A poem based on the Taoist myth of the origin of the universe featuring Shuhyung (the force of dark matter), the Yellow Emperor (the force of light), and Niuka (the horned dragon & ally of the Emperor). Rhyming, 34 lines.  Published in Eternal Haunted Summer Autumn Equinox Edition 2014 http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/autumn-equinox-2014/the-battle-of-shuhyung-and-the-yellow-emperor/.

“The Legend of the Moruadh”  A rhythmic fantasy poem inspired by the Celtic version of a mermaid.  Free verse, 62 lines.  Published in the Winter Solstice issue of Eternal Haunted Summer  http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winter-solstice-2013/the-legend-of-the-moruadh/.

“Love Bites”  A fantasy poem.  Free verse, 3 quatrains.  Published in the 2015 Spring Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2015/love-bites/.

“The Ride of the Dullahan”  A fantasy/horror rhythmic poem inspired by the Celtic Herald of Death.  Free verse, 18 lines.  Published in the 2014 Spring Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2014/the-ride-of-the-dullahan/.

“Tyche”  A fantasy poem about Lady Luck.  Free verse, 4 quatrains.  Published in the 2013 Autumnal Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/autumn-equinox-2013/tyche/.
Published in Hospital Drive

"Cascade" A love poem with medical speculative elements.  Free verse, 8 lines.  Published in Hospital Drive September 22, 2015 https://news.med.virginia.edu/hospitaldrive/2015/09/22/cascade/.

Published in Mirror Dance

“Late” A knight rescues a maiden imprisoned in a tower.  Free verse, 10 lines. Published in the 2014 Winter issue of Mirror Dance  http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2014/12/late.html.
Published in New Myths


“Morrighan”  A battle ballad featuring the dark Celtic Triple Goddess of War.  Rhyming, 8 quatrains.  Published in NewMyths, issue 24, September 2013 https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/poems/morrighan.

Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific

“Morale Call” Part of A Wave of Poetry collection.  I was granted a 5-minute call home on the iridium satellite phone.  Free verse, 22 lines.  Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15.

“Sweeping Puddles Away” Part of A Wave of Poetry collection.  A malaria prevention villanelle. Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15.

“Atlanta’s Triolet” A triolet inspired by the myth of Atlanta.  Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15.

“Chick Magnet” A new look at the Judgment of Paris with considerable poetic license.  Free verse, 11 lines.  Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15.

“Europa goddess moon” An experimental science fiction/fantasy poem inspired by the work of Rosmarie Waldrop.  6 lines. Forthcoming in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15.

Published or Forthcoming in Science Fiction Poetry Association Venues
“Lilith” A fantasy/horror poem of 10 lines:  The Queen of Demons reveals her spiteful backstory.
Winner of the 2012 Science Fiction Poetry Association Contest, Very Short (Dwarf) Poem Category
- Published on the Science Fiction Poetry Association website on October 31, 2012:  http://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/12contest.html
- Also listen to the podcast on StarShipSofa.com published December 19, 2012:
(For those not interested in listening to the entire broadcast, Lilith is read beginning at 01:25:17)
“The Break in the Curtains” Inspired by a recurring nightmare suffered by the poet as a child.  17 short lines of semi-rhyming free verse.  Published on the 2014 Halloween Page of the SFPA http://www.sfpoetry.com/halloween.html.

"scares even zombies" A 5-7-5 horror 'ku.  Publication forthcoming in Star*Line.

Published in Scifaikuest


“burning ambition”  a scifaiku that compares ambition to a comet.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“by earthlight's warm glow”  a 5-7-5 scifaiku. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“coming and going”  A 5-7-5 scifaiku Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“crocodile blood”  A 5-7-5-7-5 tanka inspired by Kim Stanley Robinson's Blue Mars.  Published in the August 2014 print edition of Scifaikuest.

“elemental flames”  A 5-7-5 fantasy haiku inspired by Jamie Lackey's "A Beltane Dance."  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“Galilean Moons”  a set of four, rhyming (abc abc abc abc), 5-7-5 scifaiku, one for each of the Galilean moons of Jupiter:  Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.  Ganymede and Io were published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.  The entire set was published in Songs of Eretz Poetry E-zine.

“hydrocarbon snow” A scifaiku about Titan.  Published in the Scifaikuest August 2013 Print Edition.

“last scotch”  a 5-7-5 scifaiku inspired by Captain Jack Harkness' Emergency Protocol 417.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“Observations on Human Pastimes:  A Robot's Perspective” A series of linked, 5-7-5, science fiction senryu:  "At the Ballet," "At the Art Museum," "At an Art Gallery," and "At a Rock Concert."  Published in the February 2014 print edition, Vol XI, No. 3 of Scifaikuest.

“phoenix feathers”  A 5-7-5 fantasy haiku.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“pointing and laughing”  my first ever senryu, it speaks to the irony that people sometimes laugh when they are feeling insecure or frightened.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“speculative dwarves”  a fantasy tanka that plays on the double meaning of dwarves as short poems and dwarves as mythical humanoids.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

Ten Martian Haiku
A set of ten haiku about or inspired by Mars.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.

“the thunder lizards”  a fantasy/sci-fi tanka that may explain the cross-cultural phenomenon of dragons.  Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.  Reprinted in the 2014 Dwarf Stars Anthology.

Published in Silverblade
“Cuando entre la Sombra Oscura (When the Dark Shadow Falls)” published in February 2014 issue of Silver Blade http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?p=2624.  Reprinted in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 27, 2015 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/02/poetry-review-special-feature-cuando.html.

Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review

“Rosh Hashanah”  Evocative of the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of the holiday. Free verse, 8 couplets.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/25/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/happy-new-year-my-friends.html.

“Exhumation”  A response to Robert McAlmon's Burial.  A ballad of 2 quatrains.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review May 17, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/poem-of-day-burial-by-robert-mcalmon.html.

“Elegy for Cy”  For Seymour "Cy" Rudnick.  Free verse, 18 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review August 28, 2013 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2013/08/elegy-for-cy.html.

“Maya Angelou:  A Phenomenal Woman”  An elegy to Maya Angelou.  Rhyming, 3 cinquains.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on the day she died, May 28, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/maya-angelou-phenomenal-woman.html.

“The Grocery Bagger” A reminder that Memorial Day is not happy, and freedom isn't free.  Ballad, 18 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Memorial Day May 26, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-memorial-day-poem-grocery-bagger.html.

“Kandidate Kris Kobach”  A poem in response to Kris Kobach's mishandling of Democrat Chad Taylor's withdrawal from the US Senate race.  Rhyming, 4 tercets.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/19/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/poetry-and-politics-case-of-chad-taylor.html.
“The Truly Disenfranchised”  A poem inspired by Kris Kobach's SAFE Act.  Free verse, 6 couplets.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/5/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-poem-truly-disenfranchised.html.
"Twenty" A poem that uses sculpture and word painting as a metaphor for young adulthood.  Free verse, 18 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/7/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/poetry-review-special-feature-twenty-by.html.

"The First Thanksgiving" Free verse, 25 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/27/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/11/songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-special.html.

"Resolution" A New Year's resolution.  Free verse, 6 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 1/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/poem-of-day-resolution-by-editor_1.html.

"Deleted 'Personal' Email" A "Current Events Poetry" feature.  A satirical look at the scandal of Hilary Clinton's use of personal email for official business and the "mysterious loss" of correspondence from the time of the Benghazi attack.  Free verse, 13 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/15/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/poetry-review-special-feature-current.html.

"Nyet and Yahoo" A "Current Events Poetry " feature.  A poetic take on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of the two state solution.  Rhyming, 17 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-nyet-and-yahoo-by.html.

"Natural-born Citizens" A "Current Events Poetry" feature.  A poetic take on the hypocrisy of the "birthers" in light of Ted Cruz's candidacy.  Shakespearean-inspired sonnet.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/29/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-natural-born.html.

"To Pence" A "Current Events Poetry" feature.  A poetic take on the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law by Indiana Governor Pence.  A four-line ballad.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 4/5/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/04/current-events-poetry-to-pence-by-editor.html.

"Mother Bear" A blank verse sonnet in honor of Mother's Day.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/10/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor.html.

"The Poet Warrior" A rhyming poem in honor of Memorial Day.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/25/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor_25.html.

"Twenty-four Years Wed" A sixteen-line free verse poem in honor of Dr. Gordon's wedding anniversary.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 6/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/poetry-review-special-feature-twenty.html.

"Where Are Their Soldiers Now?" A Father's Day poem composed c. 1987 inspired by the lack of depictions of fathers and sons in an exhibition of Greek art at Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College.  Rhyming, 24 lines.  Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Father's Day, 6/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-fathers-day-poem-by-editor.html.

"sensitivity" a haiku for Independence Day 2015 published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poem-of-day-independence-day-haiku-by.html.

"A Blue Ghazal" 5 couplets on the theme of "blue" published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/7/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poetry-review-bonus-feature-blue-ghazal.html.

"A New Song" free verse sonnet for Rosh Hashanah published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/14/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/09/shanah-tovah-from-songs-of-eretz.html.

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