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431:, in which certain groups of authors collectively attempted to move beyond tired old stories of haunted castles, graveyard ghosts, and suave vampires. It tends to be concerned with the subtly uncanny, and is expressed in macabre and serious tones. The atmospheres of a certain place may be evoked, and the narrator may discover certain weird details of that place which arouse a sense of unexplainable dread. Some weird poetry will describe timeless geological forces or the night sky, trying to harness the feeling of dread to a wider and sublime 'cosmic awe' about mankind's insignificance in the universe. Yet the narrators of such poetry tend to be unreliable, and may perhaps be on the edge of madness. They may describe or hint at unreal nature-defying events which occur in otherwise normal places - although without the overt technical explanation found in science fiction, and without the violence and sadism common to modern post-1970 horror. 25: 404:
Mythic poetry deals with myth and folklore, with a particular focus on reinterpreting and retelling traditional stories. Some of the content in this genre sparks a lot of conversation and thinking. They rose to popularity for their styles revolving around folktales and storytelling aspects.
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Scientifically-informed verse, sometimes termed poetry of science, is a branch that has either scientists and their work or scientific phenomena as its primary focus; it may also use scientific jargon as metaphor. Important collections in this area include the 1985 anthology of predominantly
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Horror poetry is a subset which, in the same way as horror fiction, concentrates on ghostly, macabre, spectral, supernatural themes. Modern horror poetry may also introduce themes of sadism, violence, gore, and the like. One of the most memorable poets that specializes in this genre is
55: 218:, both to show alternative angles in the stories and to explore social issues. Many distinguished poets were women and many of them used folktales as an acceptable social camouflage with which to explore feminist concerns. One of the most celebrated of these poems, 439:(2008) examines a number of key weird poets and highlights them while doing so. While weird poetry has appeared in a vast array of anthologies and journals (both professional and small-press), perhaps the first journal devoted exclusively to this form is 69:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge (XXG). 340:
for short- and long-form SF and fantasy poetry awards annually; most winners have been either science fiction or science-themed rather than fantasy or horror. Most Rhysling nominees have been from the small-press poetry journals
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Weird poetry is a subset. It differs in several important ways from straightforward modern horror poetry. It originally arises from the early 20th century literary tradition of 'the weird' also known as
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markets had developed, many lasting several decades, and many choosing purely electronic publication post-2000. This is in common with mainstream written poetry in the US over this time.
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In common with the gradual recognition of science fiction and fantasy as distinct literary genres in the 1930s, science-fictional poetry began publication as a distinct genre in the
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wrote in 1981 that over the past decade in the United States, "it was possible to create a tradition, that established and defined the genre" of science fiction poetry.
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Much of the Romantic poetry of the 19th century used techniques that are seen in modern fantasy literature such as retellings of
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No 1 (new series) (April 2010), pp. 15–16. Pioneering checklist of weird and fantastic poems by Australian writers.
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Science fiction poetry's main sources are the sciences and the literary movement of science fiction prose.
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Johnston, Nancy (2003), "'I would have swallowed the kiss'; Reflections on Feminist Speculative Poetry",
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the following year. In the 1970s, Elgin's colleague Frederick J. Mayer for some time awarded an annual
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Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry: A Resource Guide and Biographical Directory
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Due to the similarity of subject matter, it is often published by the same markets that publish
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defined the genre as "about a reality that is in some way different from the existing reality."
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voted to allow poets entry into its organization, for the first time since its 1965 inception.
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ceased accepting poetry in 1977, a gap in the market taken up by the newly established
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It was founded in 2013 by the editor S.T. Joshi and published by Hippocampus Press.
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remained the major news-stand market, but a diverse array of predominantly US-based
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In the 1960s, anthologies of original speculative material began to be published.
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Genre of poetry focussing on fantastic, science fictional and mythological themes
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has a separate recognition for single-author collections of horror poetry, the
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Lovecraft, Charles. "Echoes in the Wilderness: Weird Poetry in Australia".
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and speculative poetry. The field has one major award, the
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