Scifaiku "Minute Murderer"

 

minute murderer

a planet’s people wiped out

nanobot virus

Scifaiku "Rainbow Against Black"

 

Scifaiku "rainbow against black / birthplace of shining children / spiral nebula" originally published Spring 2008 in Issue 8 of the print-zine Illumen. Also published October 2008 in Abandoned Towers (online), October 2016 in the webzine Altered Reality Magazine, and August 2023 in the now out-of-print collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

Fantasy Haiku "Lonely Fairy Rath"

 

Fantasy haiku "Lonely Fairy Rath" originally published August 2008 in the webzine Aphelion and also published August 2023 in the now out-of-print speculative poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

lonely fairy rath
grey fog enshrouds grassy slopes
voices in the mist

Scifaiku "Hand-in-Tentacle"

Scifaiku "hand-in-tentacle" originally published April 2014 in the webzine Aphelion and also published October 2016 in the webzine Altered Reality Magazine and August 2023 in the now out-of-print speculative poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

hand-in-tentacle
she and I look up at the stars
and dream

Fantasy Haiku "Burning Lea"

 

Fantasy haiku "burning lea", another poem that was exclusive to my now out-of-print speculative poetry collection, meaning it hadn't been previously published in a zine or anthology prior to its publication August 2023 in Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

The above image is a combination of my "Ravaging Dragoness" illustration with an image by KiraSawa obtained from Pixabay,

burning lea
dragoness herds sheep 
younglings feed

Scifaiku "Silver Dragon"

 

Scifaiku "silver dragon" originally published April 2012 in Issue 36 of the print zine Beyond Centauri and also published October 2016 in the webzine Altered Reality Magazine and August 2023 in the now out-of-print poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

Illustration "Mechanical Dragon" originally published in Beyond Centauri, Issue 36, April 2012.

silver dragon
steam-driven gears turn
metal maw smokes

Scifaiku "Gothic Armour"

Scifaiku "gothic armour" originally published Nov. 2012 in Scifaikuest (print), Vol. X, No. 2, and also published among the "Selected Fantasy Haiku and Scifaiku" in the now unpublished and out-of-print poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.

Background of above image digital manipulation of image by Daniel (DangrafArt) from Pixabay. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License.

gothic armour
mainspring powers pulleys 
clockwork knight

Sci-Fi Poem "Infiltration"

Sci-fi Poem "Infiltration" (consisting of a series of scifaiku) originally published May 2008 in Issue 288 of the online zine Bewildering Stories and also published October 2008 in the online version of Abandoned Towers. "Infiltration" illustration by Richard H. Fay previously unpublished in a zine or anthology.

Infiltration

by Richard H. Fay

titanium bones
grow synthetic tegument
deadly creation

human encounter
enables social program
assimilation

government system
accesses secret data
target acquisition

strategic promise
precedes political rise
android accession

artificial man
amongst the ruling elite
assassination