Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Carl Goodman If God is an algorithmAs you swore one night between usThen heaven must surely exist two steps fromH E R EBeginning broken and chaoticits equations curling as snowflakes and stairwells do.And I wonder if all algorithms are truly coloricColor being purely a … Continue reading Concentric (or) Allah in Circles, by Christine O’Leary-Rockey
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Carl Goodman floating lightly in the voidatoms collidinglight speed first attempt to touch the starsimpending doomfor lack of heat shielding Poem copyright 2001 by Andy Brill Illustration copyright 2001 by Carl Goodman ← Back to Planet Magazine No. 29 (contents)
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Altered “Voyager” image by Andrew G. McCann Why do you stare down at me like thatas if all of you could fear one of me --fear my foreign ways?You saw I did nothing to harm youbut then you looked confusedas if you didn't know who I … Continue reading Beacons of Deceit, by Andree Gendron
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Romeo Esparrago '2001 Haiku'Space Odyssey unfulfilledVoyager's last seasonYet hope goes on 'Year of the Serpent' TankaSnakes alive, oh my!The Millennium's first yearTwenty-first Century!Space Station is now on trackIs manned Mars mission next up? Poems and illustrations copyright 2001 by Romeo Esparrago ← Back to … Continue reading Two Poems, by Romeo Esparrago
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Carl Goodman Everything is not what you see -- the moon, the stars,the galaxies.Five percent of the universe is all we perceive,the rest of it -- Dark Matter, Dark Energy.But "all" will be seen with the eyes of Copernicus,if first we search with our … Continue reading Dark Energy, by Tony Chandler
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (September/December 2000). (or, loosely translated, "Laugh Light") Illustration by Sam Crowe Form Gaseous,Flows through beingAwe caughtIn woven spell eyes.Heart-soul beats,Rhythms Staccato.Blood-boil Burns,From kisses whispered.Stopping this time,Moments paused.I be we, as one.Circles completed,We laugh light.-- OrneoThe above is a translation by Bruce Threatt of the famed Venusian poet Orneos' … Continue reading Ode to a Venusian Lover, by Bruce Threatt
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (September/December 2000). Illustration by Andrew G. McCann Our moon of green cheeselooked tasty to alienswho gobbled it up Poem copyright ©2000 by Ray Dangel Illustration copyright ©2000 by Andrew G. McCann ← Back to Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (contents)
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (September/December 2000). is the value of science fictionor the vortex of discarded theorychurning in the great porcelainbowl of things measured, practicalexperience. perhaps. the dangerof this illusion of enlightenmentis endured, like sword swallowing.is the value an escape to reason,formed in the hollow of the worldfor the purpose of questioningthe … Continue reading Is the Value of Science Fiction, by Andy Miller
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (September/December 2000). Illustration by Sam Crowe Make my left thigh bone a flute--punch holes for fingers and lips.Make my skull a drum--beat on the bone with sticks.Of my jointed fingerbonesstring windchimesso breezes may click themoutside your bedroom window.To humor the wave length unwinding me,make the sound no bell … Continue reading Bonesounds, by Barbara Spring
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 26 (June 2000). a bead of light sent through a labyrinth of goldunveils a little bit of information. it is thereor it is not, established through technology. and so a message is composed, and the photonis made use of, in minute poetry. energy fieldsmay take the place of gold, … Continue reading Labyrinth of Gold, by Andy Miller
