{"id":7533,"date":"2024-08-07T21:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specpo.wordpress.com\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2024-08-07T21:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:23:53","slug":"starline-47-3-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/2024\/08\/07\/starline-47-3-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Star*Line 47.3 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes, a journey can be cathartic, in more ways than one. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adventure can be a physical wanderlust of the body, or an afternoon reading romp of the mind. I\u2019ve always found that traveling or trekking is a great way to push myself out of a creative rut. I\u2019m not talking about a quick weekend excursion to the beach; I like to move base camp to another country for a month, and then just day trip from there. Modern life allows us to be digital nomads, stateless wanderers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This life in a modern future struck me on a recent trip to our favorite village in rural southern Spain. Jimena de la Frontera has a sort of speculative poetry vibe in its own right, a hard-working town where Starlink connections and hybrid cars work right alongside cobblestones and brute animal power. Certainly, the first Neolithic visitor who camped out tens of thousands of years ago on the rocky outcrop overlooking the valley down to Gibraltar and Morocco beyond could have scarcely imagined the civilizations of today\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I bet they would understand the yearning to create art and poetry, as a means to reflect on their hopes and dreams. To be sure, we (for the most part) no longer chisel on rocks, but we still contemplate the state of our existence\u2026 and poetry still permeates this endeavor, in not just why we live, but what we live for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get a taste for this journey in the very latest of speculative poetry in Star*line 47.3<\/em>. This seasonal publication covers the very best in original fantasy, horror and science fiction poetry, with some art thrown in for good measure. Some of our faves include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s always just out of reach in this short segment by Ngo Bihn Ank Khoa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23rd<\/sup> century<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

flying cars remain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

retro fantasies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or the banal reality of the dilemmas faced by a far future time, in this short bit of prose by Greg Schwartz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lunar colony\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

where<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to put the landfill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or how about an unwanted infestation of cosmic proportions in Souvenir<\/em> by David C. Kopaska-Merkel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from Arcturus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

at first we thought cute bugs but they<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

proliferated and ate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and ate and ate and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bullets didn\u2019t stop them<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

we hoped at least<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Martian base<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

but no, antennae<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

waved there too<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

soon enough<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s just a very short and small sampling of the amazing tales within. Every issue contains a wealth of speculative prose, long and short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be afraid to try your hand at some speculative poetry yourself; it\u2019s a great way to warm up and get the creative juices flowing in terms of what\u2019s possible\u2026 and Star*line<\/em> is always open for submissions. And heck, \u2018science fiction poet\u2019 just looks cool on your resume…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve said it before: while we all consume popular art in the form of movies and TV shows, we don\u2019t take in enough literary fiction, to include poetry\u2026 but it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. Be sure to pick up Star*line 47.3<\/em>, for a cerebral journey in speculative fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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