Alien Poets

We dance with the universe,
where planets cross paths,
          orbit each other,

and regularly align
with meteor tales
          and imagistic showers.

We are light waves
and white noise coming together
          in poetic symphony.

With long-handled spoons
we stir stars until they swirl,
          then dwindle,                      

open a crack in the universe,
a swathe of galaxies, nanoscopic
          sequins on the scarf of space and time.

We alien poets whirl and shoot
through space, and explode
          into uncountable atoms,

sparkling stars
          with pensive faces.

Kim M. Russell, 26th November 2024

Image by Brian McMahon on Unsplash

Sanaa is our host for the dVerse Poets Pub’s Tuesday Poetics this week, and we are diving into the genre of Sci-Fi Poetry.

She asks us to “imagine a world where language isn’t just a tool for communication but a bridge to alternate realities. Where verse doesn’t just describe the world we know, but creates entire universes—planets, technologies, and futures yet to come”.  She also writes: “For poets, science fiction offers endless inspiration. It’s a realm where the impossible becomes possible and where language can stretch beyond its usual boundaries.”

Sanaa has provided three examples of sci-fi poetry from Allan Ginsberg, Ceto Hesperia and Toby Macnutt to inspire us.

24 thoughts on “Alien Poets”

  2. This is gorgeously rendered, Kim! Wow! 😍 I especially love; “We are light waves and white noise coming together in poetic symphony.” Thank you so much for writing to the prompt 🩷🩷

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  4. How surreal and creative this space for writing Kim. Love the idea of stirring stars and opening the crack of the universe by alien poets. United, we come together in poetic symphony.

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  5. Therr is real romantic tone on this verse, which after all beers into quantum physics….a lovely abandon of all the dull laws of science in this fantasy across the worlds. V nice read, as is expected, I must say here!

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  9. Amen to this space poem about space poets. The universe is a grandiloquent canvas for poetry, but it takes a language and physics at like scale. Love the way the short form here is so expansive and suggestive of that. I had John Lennon’s “Across the Universe” in my 3d ear as I read.

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  10. this is beautiful Kim, leaving me feeling proud to be a poet, and perhaps an alien one at that…

    I gasp in recognition at;

    “With long-handled spoons
    we stir stars until they swirl,
              then dwindle,                      

    open a crack in the universe,
    a swathe of galaxies, nanoscopic
              sequins on the scarf of space and time.”

    and your use of ‘swathe’ and ‘scarf’ prompts all sorts of cosmic synchronicities for me…

    Reminding me that I DO want us to meet in the new year! Sooon!

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