Sibyls & Spaceships

This poetry chapbook by Jo Walton focuses on poems Jo has written since her first chapbook, Lurkers & Muses, was published by Rune Press in 2001. Sybils & Spaceships includes a section of works commissioned for the John M. Ford Endowment Fund, Jo's entertaining Nigerian Spam poems, "Three Bears Norse," and dozens more of her works addressing subjects both timeless and topical.Table of ContentsNewton and Cromwell Sibyl The Assumption of Saint Jerome What Do Elves Smell Like? Three Bears Norse Post-colonial Literature of the Elves The Old Queen Is This the Face? Blood Poem IV Secular Humanist Hymn Photons John M. Ford Sestina Le Morte de MacArthur Eucatastrophe Poem A Glimpse of the Muse on Papineau John M. Ford Memorial, Friday 27th October 2006 King of Flowers, King of the Sea Making Light Spam Poetry Happy New Year Candlemass (for Sarah Monette) February 15th Suddenly, Spring. Amroth III (Conversation with the Sea) Jardin Botanique, October 3rd 2005 Plea for Inclusivity in Nativity Scenes "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight" Cendrillon at Sunrise Home Photos Ares and Athene American Dream, A Political Anthem Posterity, a Poem An Old Poet Sees a New Star By Their Spaceships Ye Shall Know Them Keeping an Eye Out Thermodynamic Law