Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Introduction (Distant Dreams: Science Fiction Poems) • essay by John Light
• 1 • Crystal Cosmos • poem by John Light
• 2 • Misled • poem by John Light
• 3 • Footprint • poem by John Light
• 3 • Dream of Time Passed • poem by John Light
• 4 • Rim Rider • poem by John Light
• 4 • Now • poem by John Light
• 4 • Dream Star • poem by John Light
• 5 • One Last Trip? • poem by John Light
• 5 • Towards Sleep • poem by John Light
• 6 • Mental Block • (1989) • poem by John Light
• 7 • Naked Singularity • poem by John Light
• 8 • Teleology • poem by John Light
• 8 • Is the Universe Flawed? • poem by John Light
• 8 • Heard at Last? • poem by John Light
• 9 • Unholy Grail • poem by John Light
• 9 • Palimpsest • poem by John Light
• 9 • Persistence of Clouds • poem by John Light
• 10 • Solar Censure • poem by John Light
• 10 • Lost Worlds of Childhood • poem by John Light
• 11 • Uni-Verse • poem by John Light
• 11 • J • (1999) • poem by John Light
• 12 • Victorious Mars • poem by John Light
• 12 • Fatal Weakness • poem by John Light
• 12 • Medusa's Legacy • poem by John Light
• 13 • Television's to Blame • poem by John Light
• 13 • Unseen Dimension • poem by John Light
• 13 • Nihil Ex Machina • poem by John Light
• 14 • Sadak's Eye • poem by John Light
• 14 • Coloured Elements • poem by John Light
• 14 • Big News? • poem by John Light
• 15 • Connections: A Film by Richard Light • poem by John Light and Richard Light
• 15 • Sci-Fie • poem by John Light
• 15 • First Contact • poem by John Light
• 16 • Doppelganger • (2013) • poem by John Light
• 16 • Life Ends • (2012) • poem by John Light
• 17 • The Fair Seafarer • poem by John Light
• 17 • A Stirring Tale • poem by John Light
• 17 • One More Time, But Slower • (1986) • poem by John Light
• 18 • Enterprising English • (2000) • poem by John Light
• 18 • Megalopolitans • poem by John Light
• 18 • Exile • poem by John Light
• 19 • The Anonymity of Merlin • poem by John Light
• 20 • Merlin's Memories • (2001) • poem by John Light
• 21 • Merlin's Truths • poem by John Light
• 22 • Merlin's Questions • poem by John Light
• 23 • Kiss • poem by John Light
• 24 • Escape from Paradise • (1999) • poem by John Light
• 24 • Alchemical Morning • poem by John Light
• 25 • The Pursuers • (1989) • poem by John Light
• 26 • Small Press Voyager • (1999) • poem by John Light
• 28 • Identified Flying Object • poem by John Light
• 29 • The Rhyme of the Ancient Spacer • poem by John Light
• 30 • Troglodytes • poem by John Light
• 31 • Playing Our Entropic Music • poem by John Light
• 31 • Photons • poem by John Light
• 31 • Prismatic Suns • poem by John Light
• 32 • Creation Myth • poem by John Light
• 35 • Centaurus • (1990) • poem by John Light
• 36 • Grey Maker • (1987) • poem by John Light
• 41 • Inside the World • poem by John Light
• 41 • Bridge to Ceel • poem by John Light
• 42 • Sled Rider • poem by John Light
• 43 • Respite • poem by John Light
• 43 • Silent Departure • poem by John Light
• 44 • Even Song • poem by John Light
• 44 • World's End • (1990) • poem by John Light
• 45 • The Ultimate Millennium • poem by John Light
• 45 • When Am I? • poem by John Light