Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • Introduction (Terminal Velocities) • essay by Andrew Joron
• 7 • The Speculator • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 8 • Working • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 9 • Balance • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 10 • Poem ("Clear the forests) • poem by Stephen Ronan
• 11 • Poem ("Dystopian naivete opens the ozone gate") • poem by Stephen Ronan
• 12 • Chains of Islands • poem by Stephen Compton [as by S. R. Compton]
• 13 • The Crystal World (after J. G. Ballard) • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 14 • Triptych • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 15 • Alien Cities • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 16 • Black Narcissus (Georgia O'Keefe) • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 17 • Dream Protocol • (1992) • poem by Lee Ballentine
• 18 • First Contact • (1992) • poem by Lee Ballentine
• 20 • The Archive • (1992) • poem by Lee Ballentine
• 24 • chain of carts linking venice and altamont. casanova de seingalt in prison at leads. mick jagger. • poem by Lee Ballentine
• 29 • The Snarling Gift • poem by Adam Cornford
• 71 • Tender of Flesh • poem by Edward Mycue
• 73 • Friedrich August Kekule and the Ring • poem by Robert Frazier
• 75 • The Frozen Moments of Papa Flash • poem by Robert Frazier
• 77 • Maurits Cornelis Escher Unfolding a New Physics • poem by Robert Frazier
• 79 • Lullaby for Marie Curie • [Marie Curie: Five Poems] • poem by Margaret Holley
• 80 • The Education of Marie Curie • [Marie Curie: Five Poems] • poem by Margaret Holley
• 83 • The Gift: Marie Curie • [Marie Curie: Five Poems] • poem by Margaret Holley
• 85 • A Household Name: Marie Curie • [Marie Curie: Five Poems] • poem by Margaret Holley
• 87 • Literally Quixotic • poem by Denyse Du Roi
• 90 • The Tragedy of Momus • poem by
  Ivan Argüelles^?Ivan Arguelles
• 140 • Index (Velocities #1-5 and Terminal Velocities) • essay by uncredited