PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

[in memory of Cordwainer Smith and James Tiptreee Jr]

High school:  I sought to write science fiction.

But constant bullying caused its dereliction.

But in seventy-four---seventy five,
the first year my emotions felt alive,

I sought to write an epic poetry

(without regard to its utility);

 a history for my verses to trace.

I did not think that, really it could thrive,

singing the far future and outer space.

Starward

[jlc]