Award-Winning
Science Fiction & Fantasy Author and Illustrator
Vonnie Winslow Crist
Wood's Edge, MD
United States
vonniewi
A good book of poetry or a copy of the latest issue of one of your favorite literary magazines, a cup of tea, a cozy chair, and a couple hours of free time are a wonderful way to pass a snowy, rainy, or sunny afternoon. Below are some of the publications which include my poetry. Plus, I've included a couple of fun poetry forms that you might enjoy trying. -- Vonnie More complete poetry bibliography.
2018
2017
2016
The Deluge CultureCult Magazine: Monsoon Issue, 2016 (Reprint)
Treefrog CultureCult Magazine: Monsoon Issue, 2016 (Reprint)
Night Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Divine Feminine, 2016 (Reprint)
Venus Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Divine Feminine, 2016 (Reprint)
Goblin King 47 - 16: Short Fiction and Poety Inspired by David Bowie, Vol. II, 2016
Owl Light 47 - 16: Short Fiction and Poetry Inspired by David Bowie, Vol. I, 2016 (Reprint)
Selene Lunessence, 2016 (Reprint)
Dreamcatcher Snapdragon Journal: The Art of Creativity Issue, 2016 (Reprint)
2015
Goblin Illumen, 2015 (Reprint)
Cold Moon Night FrostFire Worlds: Science Fiction & Fantasy for the Next Generation, 2015 (Reprint)
Key FrostFire Worlds: Science Fiction & Fantasy for the Next Generation, 2015 (Reprint)
2014
2013
A wolf is kept fed by his feet Paper Crow, 2013
2012
The Andromedes Emg-Zine, 2012 (Reprint)
2011
Penelope Emg-Zine, 2011 (Reprint)
Kingdom Across the River Garden of the Crow, 2011
Mars Rising Paper Crow, 2011
2010
Immortality Emg-Zine, 2010, (Reprint)
On the Edge Paper Crow, 2010
Raven Emg-Zine, Sept. 2010 (Reprint)
*Raven Best Poem 2010 P&E Reader's Poll, 2010
Death-Haunted Champagne Shivers, Fall 2010
Before the Battle Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, July 2010
Dragons Emg-Zine, May 2010
Flower Face Illumen, Spring 2010
haiku Scifaikuest: A Magazine of Minimalist Poetry, February 2010
2009
Spiders Emg-Zine, June 2009
Harvest Mouse Welter, Spring 2009
Sea Children Sea Stories: Hibernal Issue, 2009
2008
At the Asian Arts Center The Chesapeake Reader, Spring 2008
Frozen Earth Manorborn: Memory Issue, 2008
if not The Loch Raven Review, Spring 2008
Write an Ekphrastic Poem:
Try an ekphrastic poem. It's a poem written about a piece of art work. Perhaps just a description of the art; perhaps a poem speculating on what the artwork means; or maybe, how the art makes the poet feel. MSAC poet, Laura Shovan uses one of my poems as an example of an ekphrastic poem on her blog: http://tinyurl.com/vonnie-at-asian-art-center
Some Fun Poetry Forms:
1- Try a cinquain (Sin-kane). It's a 5-line poem. Each line must tell something about the noun in the 1st line.
Line #: Syllables/ Description:
Line 1: 2 syllables/ NOUN
Line 2: 4 syllables/ description of noun in line 1
Line 3: 6 syllables/ action (about noun in line 1)
Line 4: 8 syllables/ a feeling or emotion having to do with noun in line 1
Line 5: 2 syllables/ another noun (often it means the same as the noun in line 1)
2- Try a diamente (de-ah-Man-tay). It's a 7-line poem of opposites that usually takes on a diamond shape.
Line: Number of words/ Description:
Line 1: 1-word/ subject - noun, opposite of the word in line 7.
Line 2: 2-words/ adjective describing subject in the 1st line.
Line 3: 3-words/ participles (-ing or -ed action words) about subject of 1st line.
Line 4: 4-words/ nouns, 1st two nouns about subject in 1st line, and last two nouns about subject of 7th line.
Line 5: 3-words/ participles (-ing or -ed action words) about subject of 7th line.
Line 6: 2-words/ adjective describing subject in the 7th line.
Line 7: subject - noun, opposite of the word in line 1.
3- Try a haiku (hi-koo). It's a 3-lined nature poem. A senryu is a 3-lined, 17-syllabled poem about humans (often humorous or satirical). A haiku that is about science fiction is called a scifaiku and a haiku about horror is called a horrorku!
Line #: Requirements:
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
4- Try a tanka (tan-ka). It's a 5-lined poem that's like a haiku with 2 extra lines.
Line #: Requirements:
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Line 4: 7 syllables
Line 5: 7 syllables
5- Try a haibun (hi-bun) which combines a prose paragraph with a haiku that follows it. The haiku and paragraph can complement each other, or the haiku can summarize the paragraph.
Vonnie Winslow Crist
Wood's Edge, MD
United States
vonniewi