Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Origins of the Material World • (1979) • poem by Peter Payack
• The Migration of Darkness • (1979) • poem by Peter Payack
• Mapping the Island in Images • (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier
• Prayer for My Daughter • (1978) • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• Nightsong • (1971) • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• Encased in the Amber of Death • (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier
• Tithonus • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• The Beast Upon the Wire • (1966) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• A Dead Planet • (1971) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• Three Views of the Cosmic Ballet • poem by Gene Van Troyer
• On Science Fiction • (1980) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Encased in the Amber of Fate • (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier
• Encased in the Amber of Eternity • (1979) • poem by Robert Frazier
• The Child Dreams • (1975) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• View from the Moon Station • (1977) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• Among the Hominids at Olduvai • (1978) • poem by Michael Bishop
• Absolute Zero in the Brain • (1981) • poem by Marge Piercy
• The World in the Year 2000 • (1981) • poem by Marge Piercy
• The End of the World • (1962) • poem by Archibald MacLeish
• Epistle to Be Left in the Earth • (1962) • poem by Archibald MacLeish
• Practicing • (1981) • poem by David R. Bunch
• (Hope) (Ambition) (Anticipation) • (1981) • poem by David R. Bunch
• The Astronaut of Waste • (1966) • poem by Joel Sloman
• The Thought Machine • (1961) • poem by William Stafford
• Storm Warning • poem by William Stafford
• The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes • (1979) • poem by Andrew Joron
• The Tetrahedron Letters • (1979) • poem by Andrew Joron
• The Swimmer • (1982) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Hydrocephalic Ward • (1979) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• An End to an Old Song • poem by Steve Sneyd
• Come One Come All • (1980) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• Relief of the Lost Colony • poem by Steve Sneyd
• Sunset Strip • poem by Steve Sneyd
• Time Machine • poem by Steve Sneyd
• In Case of Doubt, Ask • (1980) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• Full Frontal Jazz • poem by Andrew Darlington
• A Plague of Dreamers After the Raid • poem by Andrew Darlington
• Circular Error Probability • poem by Andrew Darlington
• God: A Biographical Note • poem by Tom Whalen
• The Tool • poem by Russell Edson
• A Machine • poem by Russell Edson
• Counting Sheep • poem by Russell Edson
• The Beginning of Things • (1977) • poem by Peter Payack
• The Result of the Dig • (1977) • poem by Peter Payack
• Balloon Song • poem by Gary Fincke
• The Changing of the Robot Guard • poem by Gary Fincke
• Gravity Failing • poem by Gary Fincke
• Parade Test • poem by Gary Fincke
• The Landscape of Tin Statues • poem by Cecil Helman
• Home • poem by Steve Kowit
• The Blob • (1976) • poem by Ron Koertge
• The Frozen Man • (1977) • poem by Geof Hewitt
• At One with the Blue Night • (1969) • poem by Geof Hewitt
• The Gymnasium • (1975) • poem by Barbara Eve
• The Monster That Ate Sandusky • (1977) • poem by Christopher Howell
• The Beast of Larimer County • (1977) • poem by Christopher Howell
• Black Ice • poem by Robert Frazier
• The Promise • (1979) • poem by Frederick Morgan
• The Immortals • poem by James Tate
• Letters from Another World • (1979) • poem by Richard Schramm
• The Calamity • (1972) • poem by Richard Schramm
• Planet of Voices: Initiation • poem by Melissa Cannon
• The Second Collecting Mission • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• Voices • (1977) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• Wind • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• The Starman • (1976) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• Science Fiction Story • (1973) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• "toying with the narrow..." • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• a transcript from the holograph tape • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• "everything was possible ..." • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• "their bodies came back, but they didn't..." • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• The Lost Space Ship • (1978) • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-)
• The Mysterious Sound • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-)
• Second Sight • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-)
• Flying Saucers Have Landed... • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-)
• Science Fiction Poem • poem by Judith Kroll
• Invasion • poem by H. R. Hays
• From Another Planet • (1974) • poem by Mark Jarman
• Lust • poem by Gregory Benford
• First and Last Contact • (1977) • poem by Bruce McAllister
• Visitor • (1977) • poem by George Roberts
• Poem • (1977) • poem by George Roberts
• deja vu • (1977) • poem by George Roberts
• The Returned Utopians • (1971) • poem by Barry Goldensohn
• Us • poem by Judith Berke
• Futurebaby • poem by Judith Berke
• Lady Faustus • poem by Diane Ackerman
• A Winter's Tale • (1969) • poem by Ruth Lechlitner
• Remembering a Window • poem by Marvin Bell
• Vultures • (1980) • poem by Michael Bishop
• ITH-CORO • (1978) • poem by Michael Bishop
• Story of a Memory and His Man • poem by Miller Williams
• We • poem by Miller Williams
• Problems in the Space-Time Continuum... • poem by Miller Williams
• Navajo Moon • (1977) • poem by James L. White
• To William Blake • (1978) • poem by Bill Tremblay
• View from Atlantis • (1977) • poem by Bill Tremblay
• The Parable of the Robot Poem • (1977) • poem by Bill Tremblay
• The Machine That Puts You to Sleep • poem by William Heyen
• The Machine That Treats Other Machines • poem by William Heyen
• The Machine That Mends Birds' Nests • poem by William Heyen
• Machines to Kiss You Goodnight • poem by William Heyen
• The Man from the Top of the Mind • (1977) • poem by David Wagoner
• Speeches for Dr. Frankenstein • poem by Margaret Atwood
• Ghost Crabs • (1966) • poem by Ted Hughes
• A Martian Sends a Postcard Home • (1979) • poem by Craig Raine
• Small Thin Children Live in Flat Holes • (1974) • poem by James Reiss
• Progression of the Species • (1967) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss
• An Astronaut's Journal • (1977) • poem by Jane Shore
• Leaving the Water • poem by Roswell Spafford
• Unlike • poem by Roswell Spafford
• The Coming of the Plague • (1962) • poem by Weldon Kees
• The Last Wolf • (1981) • poem by Mary Tall Mountain
• To an Astronaut... • poem by Dick Allen
• Canto Ten (from ANON) • (1966) • poem by Dick Allen
• Hyperspace • (1973) • poem by Dick Allen
• The Perpetual Motion Machine • poem by Dick Allen
• Theory of the Alternative Universe • poem by Dick Allen
• Alternate Universe I, II, III • (1976) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Song of Myself • (1979) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• The Growth of the Church • (1977) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Apollo 14 • (1972) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• The Vegetables • (1972) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• The Turtle's Dream • (1968) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Winter City • (1971) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• End of the Day • (1969) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• Corruption of Metals • (1977) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• Once in a Blue Moon • poem by Sonya Dorman
• The Strait • poem by D. M. Thomas
• The Head-Rape • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• S.F. • poem by D. M. Thomas
• Two Sonnets from Drifting Worlds • poem by D. M. Thomas
• Elegy for an Android • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• Missionary • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• Afterword (The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry) • essay by Steve Rasnic Tem
• xi • Introduction (The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry) • essay by Steve Rasnic Tem