Check out this video adaptation of Julian Peters’ poetry comic for this Emily Dickinson poem. The video is by Jim Avis. The comic is from Peters’ new book, Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry (Plough Publishing)
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Author Archives: Michael Janairo
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death
Posted at 11:57 am , on June 29, 2020
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2020 Rhysling Award Winners
Posted at 8:26 am , on June 26, 2020
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, of which I am a member, has just announced the winners of the 42nd annual Rhysling Awards for best speculative poems of the year.
The winners were selected in two categories, Long Form and Short
Form Poems, which were nominated by the members of the organization. From 67 publications. 77 poems in the Short Form category and 49 poems in the Long Form category were reviewed for almost 16 weeks by the membership, which includes award-winning educators, scholars, and poets from a diverse range of literary traditions and specializations. This year, the membership selected the following winners (links to the poems included where possible):SHORT
First Place
“Taking, Keeping” • Jessica J. Horowitz • Apparition Lit 5Second Place
“when my father reprograms my mother {” • Caroline Mao • Strange Horizons, Fund DriveThird Place (tie)
“Creation: Dark Matter Dating App” • , Sandra J. Lindow • Asimov’s SF, July/August, and
“The Day the Animals Turned to Sand” • Tyler Hagemann • Amazing Stories, Spring 2019LONG
First Place
“Heliobacterium daphnephilum” • Rebecca Buchanan • Star*Line 42.3Second Place
“The Cinder Girl Burns Brightly” • Theodora Goss • Uncanny 28Third Place
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“Ode to the Artistic Temperament” • Michael H. Payne • Silver Blade 42
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“The Macabre Modern” • Kyla Lee Ward • The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities (P’rea Press) -
Figgis’s DNA results are in …
Posted at 7:21 am , on June 17, 2020
… and he’s a real mix. How real? Here’s the breakdown:
28% Miniature Schnauzer
16% Miniature Poodle
10% Pembroke Welsh Corgi
9% American Eskimo Dog
8% Bichon Frise
5% Chow Chow
5% Wolf
4% Catahoula Leopard Dog
4% Chihuahua
4% Rat Terrier
4% Coyote
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Who are you?
Posted at 10:51 am , on June 14, 2020
We don’t need a DNA test to tell us that our recently rescued pup Figgis Zlotsky Janairo is a fun and loving member of our family, but we did one anyway in case it can help tell us more about what to expect from our now-9-month-old.
We’re waiting on the results. We’re thinking he could be a Papillon-Chihuahua mix.
What do you think?
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Members of West Point’s Class of 1930
Posted at 12:14 pm , on May 25, 2020
My research turned up this image from the Howitzer, the West Point’s yearbook. It shows, near the center, my lolo, Maximiano Saqui Janairo (if you can’t find him, he’s the one who isn’t white).
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Today’s Earworm: T Rex’s ‘Cosmic Dancer’
Posted at 8:18 am , on April 19, 2020
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Along the Blueberry Hill Trail
Posted at 3:54 pm , on April 12, 2020
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A spring chorus
Posted at 5:24 pm , on March 22, 2020
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Friday video: Landing in Newark
Posted at 9:04 am , on March 15, 2020
Flying in from Munich at Newark the other night. The seat back had mesmerizing video from cameras on the plane. Here’s our landing.
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