Wednesday's Verse - The Mining Craze
This week’s verse moves from a fantasy poem about dragons coming to the aid of those they protect to a science fiction verse about mining in space. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry, a
collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016.
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The Mining Craze
Crazy days, gleaming like a
halogen summer
spent in the fulcrum of the
mining sphere,
guarding against the
refractions that blind,
the sharding sun that’s hit
and miss
across the multitudinous
orbits,
across the tumble and grind of
the dancing belt
of trapped meteors, asteroids
and derelict hulks.
Halcyon days these are not,
what with the imminent threat
of death
where a single mis-step in the
orbital dance
leads to collision and fatality,
the creation of another
mystery,
who went there, who came,
who saw, who conquered, who
escaped with at least their stake
in this damning riches game.
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You can find the first two poetry
collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with
more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be
released later in the year.
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