Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry

The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry. Steve Rasnic Tem, ed. Denver: Umbral, 1982.

SF poetry selected by the ed. of Umbral, a magazine of SF poetry; includes a brief introd. by SRT, a very brief list of recommended reading, and an afterword by SRT. Immediately relevant among the poems: D. M. Thomas, "Elegy for an Android," "A Dead Planet," "Tithonus," "The Strait"; Dick Allen, "The Perpetual Motion Machine"; David Wagoner, "The Man from the Top of the Mind"; Ray Bradbury, "The Beast Upon the Wire"; William Heyen, "VIII: The Machine that Treats Other Machines"; Bill Tremblay, "Parable of the Robot Poem"; Ruth Lechtliner, "A Winter's Tale"; Gregory Benford, "Lust"; Duane Ackerson, "The Starman"; Robert Frazier, "Encased in the Amber of Fate"; Russell Edson, "A Machine"; Andrew Joron, "The Tetrahedron Letters"; William Srafford, "The Thought Machine." See our section on Fiction (and Poetry).