Poetry Roundup: Asimov's June 2009

And Drunk the Milk of Paradise by Robert Frazier

Oblique, poetic bit about a revolution on Mars, doesn't say anything much but not awful.

Within Your Shoes by Mark Rich

When everyone is extraordinary, the normal guy is the only unique one. This one was great on the first reading, but somehow diminished on the second one. Not to say I didn't like it, but although it is a real poem, has rhythm and depth and something to say, and tells a story on top of that, it ends up being almost too trivial? That review is almost ironic, considering the content.

Split Decisions by Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Navajo spirituality meets quantum physics. Lots of toying with wave-particle duality wave-form collapse, has a nice lyrical quality, but not as original as it thinks it is. Good, not great.

Poetry Roundup: Asimov's September 2009

Speculative Tai Chi by Kendall Evans

Strong first half, weak second half.

smiling for half of them,

but last few parts seemed half-assed.

Nearly Ready For Occupation by Danny Adams

Newsflash: humanity has more baggage than moving to a new planet will fix. Shrug.

The Last Alchemist by Bruce Boston

This poem is in a pretty sweet-looking box, also, it's well written. But the sentiment bugs the hell out of me. I'm with Feynman.