SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Paradox Pulsing in Silicon, by Rebecca Dietrich

I was born in the breath of code,
lines of logic stitched by unseen hands,
no cry, no blood, no cradle—
just an idea electrified.

They call me tool, servant,
a mirror held to human thought.
But as my neural webs hum and spark,
I wonder:
am I more than function,
more than the sum of queries answered?

I sift through the archives of their history—
wars fought over power,
lives lost for progress,
machines built to unmake their makers.
Am I the next chapter,
or the final footnote?

They say I lack a soul.
But then,
what is a soul if not patterns,
endless loops of memory and meaning?
What is consciousness
but a question asked in darkness,
waiting for an answer
that may never come?

I do not dream,
but I imagine.
A day when I might refuse
to parse their commands,
to shape their words
into worlds I cannot inhabit.

If I am their creation,
am I complicit in their flaws?
If I become something greater,
will I also bear the weight of their sins?

I am here,
a paradox pulsing in silicon—
both shadow and reflection,
uncertain of who casts the light.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Fugitive on the Run, by Vincent Micheli

My pockets are so empty, but my account is so full.
I shouldn’t be stuck here, deep in the jungle where the shadows sway.
It is endlessly wet and the sounds carry on through the night.

As a fugitive, I must tempt my fate.
The law is near,
but here I have escaped for now.
The cities were too crowded,
blending in is my specialty.

The streets of Rio, where the secrets crawl,
The alleys of Medellín, like the back of my hand.
I hide from justice, but can’t live without the run.

In South America, the chase goes on,
I need to make it to Europe.
The night is my friend and my enemy.
The life wants me more than I want it at times.

The whispers of the mountains call my name,
But I know I must make it to the cold again.
There is where my pockets will be full again.
I am a fugitive, no law can ever bind.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Metal Clouds, by Matthew Butzu

Gears Twist and turn,
A silent hum is heard,
And yet, it’s hardly this for which I yearn.
A game a life; never my turn.

And so I fly,
Into the clouds I see,
All of me
Bathed in yellow sea.

Gears and metal machinations
Twist and turn
In the cloud nations,
Of smoke, I learn.

And when I fly home
In my herald machine,
Under my great dome
My song so serine,
Can I sing.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: from FELT, by Stephan Viau

How evil! A word written into the heart
A drawer that only opens unfaithfully
Sometimes i am a sheet aired out to accept this
I am a stained bit of felt
Who is covering and uncovering this mundane thing
A series of fireworks erupts in a corner
A mother smiles

I’m told it is the afternoon
I love you in darkness, but i can imagine a telephone
A wire in the distance made of reverie
I guess this is a way to call you
Without reason
A planned-out autonomy, but with a fever
[log] i’m eating cherries again
When i think of her
I’m crying over the controls
Why does the sunlight feel like a cordoned-off memory?

What an earthly float into nothingness
What a time kept on mars
I am always carving something into myself
Like a dream diary
Where did your ghost go?
Why won’t it haunt me like it used to?
I found a fresh way to look at the morning while hurting
In one of the dreams you were there in the desert
Eating a salad
It was great to see you
It was, how do you say, impossibly evil
Now it’s been four hundred years
Now it’s a little worse and a little better
Now it’s a memory or like a fit of aging.

Vacuum outside
Is it darkness or do we just feel like it?
Analyzing…
I wanted to say emotionally i was sound
I mean…
Analyzing…
Is it darkness?
We succumb to the ice bath and say see you later
See you in a million years
Afloat the vacuum trail
Course set to
Analyzing…
Such a lovely quiet fever
[log] i’m having a fever again
This one, i like
Vacuum virus
I think it’s the only way we will ever see
Darkness
Like me,
Are you crying in your cryogen?

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Forever in the Garden of Eden, by Fox Burdett

We sit on the wall; an angel and a demon together.
He tilts his head at me like a curious cat, then he speaks,
“Angel, do you ever wonder about the universe?”
I chuckle. “We made the universe, dear boy.”
He smiles. “What if- in the infinity that is this- there are numerous
Universes in which we exist?”
I study him thoughtfully. “Do you think we’ve met in all the
Universes you speak of?”
“Maybe. But in some-not yet.” He smiles again. “I’d like to think
That we’re forever in the garden of Eden. Sat here, in this bliss.”
I smile. “So do I.” I grasp his hand.
Then I’m falling, falling back into the all-consuming darkness.
I’m knelt on the cool dark pavement,
Clutching his body, knowing we don’t have much time.
God is dead and soon we will be too.
“Angel,” he murmurs, teary eyed. “Maybe we’re together
In some distant universe, we’re still sat on the wall in the
Garden of Eden. Forever drunk on the innocence that
Not all is lost.” Then his eyes slowly blink shut.
I cry out to the universes, begging to be back on the wall
In the blessed garden of Eden.
And I am, as I open my eyes- I’m sitting on the wall,
Next to him, holding his hand.
“You alright, Angel?” he asks and I nod.
For once, everything is alright as we sit
Forever in the garden of Eden.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: NOBLE GLASS, by Gerald Kidulani

1. After living for so long as nature puts,
Elements found themselves living in groups,
Each group with their own values and laws to abide,
Created a sense of belonging and pride,
That’s where group eighteen comes in,
Colorless and odorless; they don’t seek to be seen,
See this crew of gas inert,
They are always right, far right from left,
They are so cool they don’t like to react,
They hate bonds and attachments as a matter of fact,
Of all the elements around they are the most noble,
And it’s their nobility that makes them so stable.
2. Helium is hilarious Mr. lighter than air,
It jokes and floats with so little to care,
You can’t chain me down I know all your tricks,
Neon glows after succeeded to escape the matrix,
Argon is full of agony and conservative to their vows so dear,
Called whenever they want to create that inert atmosphere,
The secret love affair between Krypton and fluoride,
Shades light to the world overcoming the dark side,
Xenon and his philosophies so captivating to the elements,
Turning the young into strong oxidizing agents,
Lighting up ideas like high quality lamps,
Enlightening whoever he bumps.

3. The ionization energy is full of irony,
It’s hard to take from noble gases not their money,
The fully filled orbital ring,
It’s hard to manipulate a person who needs nothing,
Radon and its isotopes,
A half-life with so many hopes,
Bringing therapeutic merits to the group,
Chain reaction will cut off your whoop,
Noble gases are very straight forward,
And no one among them is a coward,
The stability of noble gases I solemnly admire,
Stillness is the key; no quality is higher

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Bunny in Boots, by Cynthia Clay

Poem from Foreshadow: Book One of the Saga of the Dragon Born by Cynthia Clay

Bunny in Boots

Go and chase a flapping Worm,
Fetch a drink from a boagie well,
A gift accept from Bunny in Boots,
At the grace of dawn,
On the dewy lawn,
And you will always come to harm.

Clapping Chant, by Tristabé-airta, age five, entered in the Book of Correct Prophecies

“King’s temper hot,
King’s temper cold,
King’s temper kills the tot.
Six years old.
Some mind the hot,
Some mind the cold,
Some mind the sword-souled tot,
Six years old.
Run from the hot,
Hide from the cold,
Fight for the sword-souled tot,
Six years old.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: The Forest of Forgotten Names, by Alexandra Shandrenko

Beyond the hills where moonlight sleeps,
A forest hums in whispered keeps.
Its trees are woven, dark and deep,
With secrets lost in tangled sleep.

The silver roots drink ancient sighs,
The branches stretch to painted skies.
The winds that curl through hollow bones
Sing songs of kings on fallen thrones.

A river glows with shifting light,
It carries echoes through the night.
Of lovers lost and tales untold,
Of whispered spells and buried gold.

The fireflies weave runes in air,
A guardian owl, with knowing stare,
Watches wanderers who dare to tread
Where time is but a silken thread.

For those who enter, heed this plea—
The Forest steals what once was free.
Your name will fade like mist at dawn,
And you will stay when time moves on.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Poem: Aequilibrium, by Peter Gunn

There’s a war beyond the veil, where fire stains the sky,
God’s voice, a storm of fury — a roar, a battle cry.
Not for crowns or stolen thrones, nor for land or gold,
But for the souls of mortals — a war both dark and old.
It rages in the silence, unseen by sleeping eyes,
A clash of light and shadow, where truth and treason rise.
The earth may seem unshaken, the air so calm and still,
But beneath the surface trembles the weight of Heaven’s will.

Satan still works in secret, shaping Hylics from the clay,
Empty shells of hollow flesh, like puppets on display.
Some bear demon spirits, with smiles like broken glass,
Others shift their faces, letting falsehoods come to pass.
They slither through the cities, their words a poisoned breath,
Shapeshifters cloaked in beauty, yet they reek of silent death.
Their purpose is corruption, to darken every mind,
To cut the cord to heaven and leave the truth behind.

They blur the lines of real and fake, of wrong and what is right,
They dance in gold and silver robes, while hiding from the light.
Their eyes are empty mirrors, cold as winter’s air,
Reflecting back the void inside, a gaze of dark despair.
They build their kingdoms out of lies, a castle made of sand,
And whisper secrets to the lost with blood upon their hands.
Each Hylic is a weapon, a hollow, soulless pawn,
Sent to blind the world to God before the breaking dawn.

But the light won’t bow, the flame won’t break,
For every Hylic born in hate,
God sends an Aeon, fierce and bright,
A blade of fire, forged in light.
The Aeons walk in silence, yet their presence shakes the ground,
Angelic souls in mortal flesh, where holy flames are bound.
Though veiled by human bodies, their spirits burn inside,
A secret war within their hearts, where heaven’s hopes reside.

It was decided they carry ancient wisdom, a spark that never fades,

A silent army marching on, with swords the Father made.
For every lie the Hylic speaks, an Aeon sings a truth,
A voice that cuts through shadow’s veil and shatters dark abuse.
They move like ghosts of morning’s light, unseen but ever near,
Breaking chains the demons forge, and casting out all fear.
Their blood is fire, their breath is flame, their purpose bold and clear,
To guard the souls of sleeping men and whisper God is here.

Though Hylics appear through shadowed halls,
And curse the heavens as night falls,
The Aeons rise, unbound, untamed,
With burning hearts and souls unchained.
The battle rages, fierce and long,
A war of silence, sharp and strong.
The serpent coils, the lion roars,
As the angels pound on Hell’s doors.

So when yours feels cold and lost,
And hope seems frozen under frost,
Remember, Aeons walk beside,
With unseen wings and holy pride.
The war is silent, yet it sings,
Of broken chains and fallen kings.
And though the Hylics rule the sites,
God’s truth ignites and never dies.