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adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
This was an absolutely gorgeous read! As a poet myself, the things that got me into poetry were: speculative poetry and documentary poetics. This volume includes both, along with everything else one might expect from a poetry collection. Beautiful language and imagery, fun poetic forms, breathtaking moments...This book has it all! I found myself highlighting so many lines that I'll come back to when I need to put myself in touch with the universe.
I think that poetry itself deserves more attention, and within that, speculative poetry should be celebrated. I see speculative poetry as a way to bring in readers who may not have realized it was possible to delve into the realms of sci-fi within a poem. For that reason, this book is a perfect read for the avid poetry lover or someone new to the genre! I'm also impressed with the wide range of authors included, and the organization of the anthology that truly leads the reader through a journey. I could tell that the editor was very thoughtful in the creation of this work.
I think that poetry itself deserves more attention, and within that, speculative poetry should be celebrated. I see speculative poetry as a way to bring in readers who may not have realized it was possible to delve into the realms of sci-fi within a poem. For that reason, this book is a perfect read for the avid poetry lover or someone new to the genre! I'm also impressed with the wide range of authors included, and the organization of the anthology that truly leads the reader through a journey. I could tell that the editor was very thoughtful in the creation of this work.
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