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josephvanburen's review
5.0
This is a great collection of poetry from a wide variety of voices. I discovered so many talented poets thanks to this anthology! The pieces within range from short to long and run the speculative spectrum from fantasy, sci-fi, horror, hybrids, and the just plain old weird. Thank you, SFPA, for spotlighting these wonderful poems!
divadiane's review
5.0
This is an anthology of the best speculative poetry published in 2018 and as such is a valuable cross-section of the genre poetry being published now. Not all of the poems are to my personal taste, but they are all excellent poems.
I finished my first pass through the Anthology and don’t have much time to ruminate on the best poem among them. I’m using A method another member of the SFPA recommends: Mark all the ones you like as you read through the first time. Divide all of those into groups of 6. Choose the 2 best from each group of 6. From those divide into groups of 6, and continue until you are down to the last group of 6. Choose and rank the best 3 from that last group.
I finished my first pass through the Anthology and don’t have much time to ruminate on the best poem among them. I’m using A method another member of the SFPA recommends: Mark all the ones you like as you read through the first time. Divide all of those into groups of 6. Choose the 2 best from each group of 6. From those divide into groups of 6, and continue until you are down to the last group of 6. Choose and rank the best 3 from that last group.
andreablythe's review
5.0
The 2019 Rhysling Anthology, edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, which contains all the current poems nominated for the Rhysling award hosted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
It’s an honor to have “Pouring the Pennyroyal,” a collaborative poem by Laura Madeline Wiseman and I, included in the collection.
It’s an honor to have “Pouring the Pennyroyal,” a collaborative poem by Laura Madeline Wiseman and I, included in the collection.
kevinjfellows's review
5.0
Now I have to figure out how to vote for the best in this anthology. I've marked 23 as my finalists, but there are so many great poems in this collection.
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