In the Wake of the Quiet One
by Kendall Evans
Let us squat upon these darkling
planes
Rolling asteroids like bones
Beneath the variable stars
Your stare fixed and mine
inconstant
Black weather beating at our
souls
About the Author:
More than one hundred poems by Kendall Evans,
including numerous collaborations with David C. Kopaska-Merkel,
have appeared in various sf/fantasy/horror magazines and
anthologies. He and David also collaborated on "The Tin Men,"
which received the SFPA 2006 Rhysling Award for best science
fiction poem written in 2005 (long poem category). Mr. Evans is
also the author of the novelette "Don Huavaca's Dia De Los
Muertos," which appeared in the anthology Bare Bone 6.
Poem © 2006 Kendall Evans.
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