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poem; science fiction poem; speculative poem. The science poem is about science, and may have no fictional aspect at all; for example, a sonnet about the second law of thermodynamics that takes no liberties with contemporary scientific knowledge is a sci-ence poem. A sonnet about unicorns, as long as no evidence for the ex-
May 14, 2014 · Here are some poems that merge science and art, and do so wonderfully. 1. “The Migration of Darkness,” Peter Payack. Each evening, shortly after sunset, darkness covers the land. Having mystified thinkers for millennia, the mechanism for this occurrence. has now been identified: migration. Darkness, it has been found, is composed.
Feb 21, 2017 · Don’t be fooled. In the field of speculative poetry, as in fiction, you’ll find a long history as well as some stellar talent. Under the name “science fiction poetry,” the genre even has its own award: namely the annual Rhysling Awards, named for a character in Heinlein’s short story “The Green Hills of Earth.”
- Alien: Alien is a word that has long been used to refer to something foreign, but when did it become the go-to term for a being from another planet?
- Android: Long before the invention of the word "robot," humans dreamed of mechanical beings. Clockwork artisans would construct all manner of automata—birds that flap their wings, monks that shuffle in silent prayer, dolls that pretend to serve tea or play the dulcimer.
- Ansible: Ursula K. Le Guin coined this word for a device for instantaneous communication across the vast distances of space in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World.
- Beam: While the word "beam" evokes visions of Captain Kirk saying, "Beam me up, Scotty," beam already refers to the transport of matter in the "Matter Transmitter" entry in the 1951 Dictionary of Science Fiction.
SciFaiku ("science fiction haiku") is a form of science fiction poetry first announced by Tom Brinck with his treatise on the subject, The SciFaiku Manifesto (July 1995). Brinck has been referred to as the "Father of SciFaiku."
Analysis: “The End of Science Fiction”. Lisel Mueller’s “The End of Science Fiction” uses unrhymed free verse in four stanzas to elaborate on the first line of the poem: “This is not fantasy, this is our life” (Line 1). The speaker employs the first person plural point of view, implicating both the speaker and the reader with the ...
Uses scientific language with both literal and figurative meanings, and that can be appreciated on its face, or its meaning can be intuited in the poem’s context. In other words, the poem’s meaning doesn’t fall apart if the reader doesn’t know or look it up.
