Then there's my poetry that's speculative on the surface, with speculative imagery, but underneath it's actually all metaphor.

Even when something seems to be just a nightmare, it might actually be representing something else.

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Silicon Searchers by Richard H. Fay Crystals pulsing with life pulverize rocky worlds, probing planetary scraps for lost kin. (Originally published in Tales of the Talisman, Volume 8, Issue 1, August 2012.)

Emerald Eyes By Richard H. Fay Green orbs flash in shadows, betraying a lost soul, strange castaway from another planet. (Originally published August 2023 in Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection)

Do you dare take a trip into the fantastic?
Here's a sampling of the sorts of poems (shown here with accompanying images) readers will encounter in COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS:
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The speculative cinquains "Silicon Searchers" and "Emerald Eyes".
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POETRY by Sonya Taaffe The Cryptogamists Quote Queer lot that we were with our notebooks crusted like churchyards, did we breed in secret end Quote 30 March 2026 Strange Horizons

The Cryptogamists
by Sonya Taaffe

"Queer lot that we were
with our notebooks crusted like churchyards,
did we breed in secret"

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POETRY by Caleb Peiffer Chronicling the Orbits of Mushrooms Quote If the universe has a mother, soil was her body, fungus was the fleshy womb end Quote 30 March 2026 Strange Horizons

Chronicling the Orbits of Mushrooms
by Caleb Peiffer

"If the universe has a mother,
soil was her body,
fungus was the fleshy womb"

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by Katlina Sommerberg The O’Neill Cylinder in Geostationary Orbit Above Earth’s Equator Quote a pressure cooker of breath and sweat end Quote 23 March 2026 Strange Horizons

The O’Neill Cylinder in Geostationary Orbit Above Earth’s Equator
by Katlina Sommerberg @ksommerberg.bsky.social

"a pressure cooker of breath and sweat"

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Nominating for #HugoAwards? Check the crowd-sourced #speculativepoetry list! And thanks especially for considering “Harriet…” by yours truly. www.patreon.com/posts/142450...

POETRY by Amelia England Pennsylvania Cryptid Quote the landscape of your childhood is full of ticks and bad municipal water end Quote 23 March 2026 Strange Horizons

Pennsylvania Cryptid
by Amelia England

"the landscape of your childhood is full of
ticks and bad municipal water"

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Wondrous Gobbledygook By Richard H. Fay On a wonderful Nagoogoo morn, While the bumox skip across the fwa, I strum the strings of my zidipip And slowly sip a gurgle burgle Beside the pink waters of Baffbee. On the puboo of a keckleschmeck, I spy a blue-green fuguwordle Crawling upon an etafal leaf. I pluck a crimson syton flower And place it in Zabugana's hair. On a glittering Nagoogoo night Wududolons wing across Phreetum And the violet shlubiyemps sing. A gentle breeze blows off of Baffbee As Zabugana lies next to me. (Originally published April 2011 in the webzine Aphelion)

Souls Adrift by Richard H. Fay We roam this world Mere shadows of life But faintly perceived By mortal kind. We stalk dark halls In derelict homes, Forsaken cast-offs Of yesteryear. We whisper words Never understood, Our voices muffled By death’s cruel hand. We enter dreams As pale reflections, Memories of flesh Long turned to dust. We crave strong hearts And warm, supple limbs, But find only bones And graveyard mould. We are legion, Wretched multitudes Ever united, Always alone. (Originally published in Fear and Trembling, April 8, 2010.)

Here's a sampling of the sorts of poems (shown here with accompanying images) readers will encounter in COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS:
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"Wondrous Gobbledygook" and "Souls Adrift".
#poems #poetry #poetrycollection #speculativepoetry

COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS.

There's hope yet!
Today, I sold another copy (Kindle e-Book edition) of my double-length speculative poetry collection COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS.
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Thank you so much, buyer! Happy reading!
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Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions

Being a versified travelogue of the fantastic, Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions first blasts off to wondrous alien worlds and dreamy folkloric vistas before drifting toward a Gothic realm of nightmarish landscapes.
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A SHADOW OF YOUR FORMER SELF speculative poetry by Amy Grech

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POETRY by Darius Jones The Point Quote The triangles bred and twisted, replicating themselves. 9 February 2026 Strange Horizons

The Point
by Darius Jones

"The triangles bred and twisted,
replicating themselves."

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#poetry #speculativepoetry

cover of ILLUMEN Edited by Tyree Campbell Winter 2026. Cover art, "Maid of Justice" by Richard E. Schell show blindfolded woman in golden gown sitting with a sword below a half-moon.

Just received my contributors copy of ILLUMEN Winter 2026, featuring my poems "Blank Verse" and "Miserere". (Stunning cover art by Richard E. Schell). Honored to be a part of this publication once again. 🌛

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Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions

Being a versified travelogue of the fantastic, Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions first blasts off to wondrous alien worlds and dreamy folkloric vistas before drifting toward a Gothic realm of nightmarish landscapes.
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Stillborn * * * **CW** : none. * * * _I grew up in rural and remote areas across Canada, and have travelled the world, witnessing both willful and incidental destruction of ecosystems. Until I became too disabled to continue, I marched with Land Defenders in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en over the Canadian government’s and Coastal GasLink’s continued desecration of their sovereign territory. This poem was written in response to the LandBack movement and as part of the brainstorming process for my unpublished cli-fi novel_ The Everwhen _._ — SP I fear they will never stop being born, that the labour of the world is never-ending. Spasm after spasm, go go go! Forced birth pangs of great celerity, speeding through the earth’s skin and muscle, tearing open cracks in the landscape like a self-administered episiotomy. Mother earth screams as frack holes carve wounds into her most intimate areas, fistulas pouring forth fluids like a gouting tear in her carotid. Amputate her mountains. Bone marrow biopsy from her rocky mantle, that slab of coal-streaked shale is a steak carved by a bargain butcher. Dive into her magma and emerge from the burning birthwaters, slide high into the sacred stratosphere and look at what ruin her most self-serving children beget. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth, child? Do you kiss your mother at all? Enjoyed this article? Consider supporting us via one of the following methods: * Buy eBook * Direct (ePub/Mobi/PDF) * Amazon (Kindle) * Barnes & Noble (Nook) * Weightless (ePub/Mobi) * Kobo (ePub) SubscribePatreon

My ecological horror poem "Stillborn" has been nominated for the Rhysling Award. It's my first time making it to that list. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcast/stillborn/ #poetry #ecology #RhyslingAward #SpeculativePoetry #PoetryCommunity

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Author April Grey

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a hybrid life: New Scifaiku & Sci-Fi Poetry Notes Explore the future with this optimistic scifaiku on AI and human evolution. Includes a history of the Scifaiku Manifesto and speculative poetry tips.

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'a hybrid life: new scifaiku & sci-fi poetry notes'

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front and back covers of Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions by Richard H. Fay

Being a versified travelogue of the fantastic, Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions first blasts off to wondrous alien worlds and dreamy folkloric vistas before drifting toward a Gothic realm of nightmarish landscapes.
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