new bills slap the pile
covering card file boxes
old rejections
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Simian Transcript
My new book of 48 flash stories http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/Banana_Oil_Books/The_Simian_Transcript_by_David_C_Kopaska-Merkel.html
Pay no attention to the monkey behind the curtain.
Pay no attention to the monkey behind the curtain.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
concrete poetry
masonry poetry
Cinderblock ugly
not like a tree
or a paving stone
decorated with stained glass
Cinderblock ugly
not like a tree
or a paving stone
decorated with stained glass
Monday, February 22, 2010
infectious too
Exhausted
I'm tired of fudging figures
let's just come right out for once
and admit that
nothing we can do will
cool the planet now.
as the equator boils
your spun reality is smoking
and all the dolphins had the wit
to emigrate to the martian sea, 1 billion B.C.
before they screwed up that planet's climate
courtesy of ideas they
should have abandoned with
the goose-cooked primates.
end
I'm tired of fudging figures
let's just come right out for once
and admit that
nothing we can do will
cool the planet now.
as the equator boils
your spun reality is smoking
and all the dolphins had the wit
to emigrate to the martian sea, 1 billion B.C.
before they screwed up that planet's climate
courtesy of ideas they
should have abandoned with
the goose-cooked primates.
end
Sunday, February 21, 2010
quess what
Two, actually
camels fill lakes
with their sleek tan hides
and flashy trunks
drink it all up
so investigators
can find
where the body's hid
then spew it back out
resume water polo
Bactrians 3, Dromedaries 0
thank god for Climate Change
water sports have come
to central Asia
to the animal Olympics
in which
desert folk can splash
with the rest of them
at least humans
did one thing right
camels fill lakes
with their sleek tan hides
and flashy trunks
drink it all up
so investigators
can find
where the body's hid
then spew it back out
resume water polo
Bactrians 3, Dromedaries 0
thank god for Climate Change
water sports have come
to central Asia
to the animal Olympics
in which
desert folk can splash
with the rest of them
at least humans
did one thing right
Saturday, February 20, 2010
the great masticator
Yes, the aliens
have admitted they use
TV to pre-digest our brains
and presumably to pre-lard
our bodies
but considering
how we treat each other
well
it still sucks.
have admitted they use
TV to pre-digest our brains
and presumably to pre-lard
our bodies
but considering
how we treat each other
well
it still sucks.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
more convention
About the Science Fiction Writing Workshops:
The Sci-Fi portion of ASO will function to help writers become better craftsmen of science fiction through workshop interactions. Participants will also have the opportunity to sit in on personal readings by other published writers, Q & A sessions, and lectures on story development.
There will be two options for Workshops. One workshop will be a group free writing exercise based off of a prompt. Another workshop will be devoted to reviewing your work. How can you get involved? When you register for ASO, there is an option to include a word doc.
All workshops will be overseen by University of Alabama MFA student volunteers.
A Space Oddity is privileged to feature participating authors, Jack McDevitt, Joanne Merriam, Lou Anders, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel
*ABXY and UA Astronomy Professor Dr. William Keel will lead a panel and discussion event on Thursday, March 4 at 7:30pm, Lloyd Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama. ABXY will lead a discussion regarding science fiction and gaming. Following ABXY, Dr. Keel will speak on the rise of the amateur astronomer.
*Additionally, we are welcoming ASO participants and UA students to a star gazing at Moundville Park on Friday, March 5 beginning at 7pm.
*Both preliminary events are free and open to the public.
For more information, registration, and schedule please visit www.creativecampus.ua.edu.
The Sci-Fi portion of ASO will function to help writers become better craftsmen of science fiction through workshop interactions. Participants will also have the opportunity to sit in on personal readings by other published writers, Q & A sessions, and lectures on story development.
There will be two options for Workshops. One workshop will be a group free writing exercise based off of a prompt. Another workshop will be devoted to reviewing your work. How can you get involved? When you register for ASO, there is an option to include a word doc.
All workshops will be overseen by University of Alabama MFA student volunteers.
A Space Oddity is privileged to feature participating authors, Jack McDevitt, Joanne Merriam, Lou Anders, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel
*ABXY and UA Astronomy Professor Dr. William Keel will lead a panel and discussion event on Thursday, March 4 at 7:30pm, Lloyd Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama. ABXY will lead a discussion regarding science fiction and gaming. Following ABXY, Dr. Keel will speak on the rise of the amateur astronomer.
*Additionally, we are welcoming ASO participants and UA students to a star gazing at Moundville Park on Friday, March 5 beginning at 7pm.
*Both preliminary events are free and open to the public.
For more information, registration, and schedule please visit www.creativecampus.ua.edu.
Tuscaloosa SF con
Creative Campus is pleased to announce “2010: A Space Oddity” as the intersection of space science and science fiction. ASO is a collaborative convention through Creative Campus to express and boldly explore relationships between the worlds of space science (astronomy, physics, engineering, and computer sciences) and science fiction (writing, film, music, and art) and how the two play off one another to create and inspire.
“2010: A Space Oddity” will be at Shelby Hall on Saturday March 6, 2010 from 9:30am to 8:00pm.
ASO is free and open to the public. Registration is strongly encouraged, especially for parties interested in participating in the writing workshops.
Elements of ASO range from lectures and panel discussions to writing workshops and sci-fi inspired art galleries. The Saturday Space Oddity convention is the culminating event of a three day series of celebrating the intersection of science and creativity.
“2010: A Space Oddity” will be at Shelby Hall on Saturday March 6, 2010 from 9:30am to 8:00pm.
ASO is free and open to the public. Registration is strongly encouraged, especially for parties interested in participating in the writing workshops.
Elements of ASO range from lectures and panel discussions to writing workshops and sci-fi inspired art galleries. The Saturday Space Oddity convention is the culminating event of a three day series of celebrating the intersection of science and creativity.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
opiates
Selections From The Ideal Alphabet
Would you be my honey in this beetopia?
Come away with me to seatopia
Have a drink in this teatopia
And explain, in this whatopia
What it takes to get into Youtopia.
end
Would you be my honey in this beetopia?
Come away with me to seatopia
Have a drink in this teatopia
And explain, in this whatopia
What it takes to get into Youtopia.
end
Monday, February 8, 2010
coming or going
Fairfield
Feathered foul
or not at all.
Carry on, Corvus
but remember,
visitors stink
after three days,
so where do the
losers return
when time is up
and you ain't
done your job?
Feathered foul
or not at all.
Carry on, Corvus
but remember,
visitors stink
after three days,
so where do the
losers return
when time is up
and you ain't
done your job?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
early Mythos
Shubbie had fathered a few dozen kids before he realized contraception didn't work for him.
after the funeral
Peter remembers
i ate the entire
half-raw monster
a pumpkin
so big
it
filled the
sky, sank deep
in earth kept my
wife well till she died
i ate the entire
half-raw monster
a pumpkin
so big
it
filled the
sky, sank deep
in earth kept my
wife well till she died
new flash story
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/the-cabbage-patch-god/ -- first in a series about gods, humans, & others.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
DN 85 mailing
The rest of the subscriber copies in the mail today. Contrib copies all went yesterday.
geology-scifaiku-o-th-day
http://twitter.com/7x20/status/8586814551
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http://twitter.com/7x20/status/8586816320
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http://twitter.com/7x20/status/8586816320
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
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