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• xiv • Introduction (Burning with a Vision) • essay by Robert Frazier
• 1 • Ode to an Alien • (1979) • poem by Diane Ackerman
• 3 • Whale Songs • (1983) • poem by Diane Ackerman
• 4 • The Other Night (Comet Kohoutek) • (1976) • poem by Diane Ackerman
• 6 • Fatalities • (1978) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• 7 • The Starman • (1976) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• 8 • Space Burial • (1959) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss
• 8 • Bridging Hour in Wesciv • (1969) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss
• 9 • Thomas Hardy Considers the Newly-Published Special Theory of Relativity • (1981) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss
• 10 • Destruction of the Fifth Planet • (1982) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss
• 11 • Computative Oak • (1971) • poem by Ruth Berman
• 12 • Postcards to Athena • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 12 • White Power Poem • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 13 • For the Lady of a Physicist • (1978) • poem by Michael Bishop
• 15 • M 13 • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • Moon Eclipses • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • H-R Diagram • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • Dinner Moon • (1980) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • Colon • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • Exclamation Points • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 15 • Meteor • (1981) • poem by Harry Bose
• 16 • The FTL Addict Fixes • (1983) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 16 • Want Ad • (1979) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 17 • The Star Drifter Grounded • (1981) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 19 • Defeat at the Hands of Alien Scholars • (1981) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 19 • Mathematician • (1978) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 20 • Human Remains • (1982) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 23 • If Gravity Were Like Weather • poem by Bruce Boston (variant of If Gravity Was Like Weather 1979)
• 24 • Winslow Crater • (1978) • poem by Edward Bryant
• 25 • Of Time and Us • (1968) • poem by David R. Bunch
• 26 • On Passing By Those Icy Stones (And Yes, Columbia!) • (1981) • poem by David R. Bunch
• 27 • "the planets, the people" • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• 27 • "under dream interrogation" • (1978) • poem by Dave Calder
• 28 • Love Letter from Mars • (1965) • poem by John Ciardi
• 29 • The Imagination of the Retina • (1981) • poem by Stephen Compton [as by S. R. Compton]
• 29 • Photomicrograph: Last Centimeter of the Human Airway • poem by Stephen Compton [as by S. R. Compton]
• 30 • Our Sorcerers • (1978) • poem by Adam Cornford
• 32 • Ceremony • (1980) • poem by Jack Dann
• 32 • From Hospital Songs • poem by Jack Dann (variant of From Hospital Song)
• 33 • Stone Stars • (1976) • poem by Jack Dann
• 34 • Neural Folds • (1982) • poem by Lucille Day
• 35 • Cytogenetics Lab • (1982) • poem by Lucille Day
• 36 • Cosmology and Us • (1981) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 37 • Can You Hear Me, Thinktank Two? • (1981) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 39 • A Vacation on Earth • (1966) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 39 • Outer Space Haiku • (1982) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 40 • On Science Fiction • (1980) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 42 • In the Picture • (1976) • poem by Thomas M. Disch
• 43 • On the Speed of Sight • (1981) • poem by Raymond DiZazzo
• 44 • Vanishing Points • poem by Sonya Dorman (variant of Vanishing Point 1971)
• 45 • A Lullaby, a Farewell • (1979) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• 45 • Corruption of Metals • (1977) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• 46 • On the Marriage of Art and Science • poem by Sonya Dorman (variant of The Marriage of Art and Science 1972)
• 47 • Wormrunner's Curse • (1975) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• 48 • Antaeus (The Prodigious Builders) • poem by Roger Dutcher (variant of Anteaus (The Prodigious Builders) 1983)
• 49 • Beware, My Successor • (1979) • poem by Loren Eiseley
• 51 • McLuhan Transposed • (1968) • poem by Suzette Haden Elgin
• 52 • The Pterodactyl • (1965) • poem by Philip José Farmer
• 53 • Quotella • (1981) • poem by Janet Fox
• 53 • Institutions • (1982) • poem by Janet Fox
• 54 • Flash Sleep • (1981) • poem by Robert Frazier
• 55 • (senryu) • (1978) • poem by Robert Frazier
• 55 • Loren Eiseley's Time Passages • (1982) • poem by Robert Frazier
• 56 • After the War • (1973) • poem by Gleb Garbovsky
• 57 • Partial View of a Supernova • (1981) • poem by Terry A. Garey
• 57 • Full House • (1982) • poem by Terry A. Garey
• 58 • Starbirth • (1975) • poem by Albert Goldbarth
• 59 • Saucer Station: Monday - Friday • (1981) • poem by Albert Goldbarth
• 62 • Cosmology • (1978) • poem by Phyllis Gotlieb
• 63 • was/man • (1978) • poem by Phyllis Gotlieb
• 64 • Haiku and 1/2 • (1978) • poem by Phyllis Gotlieb
• 65 • Saul's Death: Two Sestinas • poem by Joe Haldeman (variant of Saul's Death 1983) [as by Joe W. Haldeman]
• 68 • 2021: Noon: Idaho • (1982) • poem by Bruce Hawkins
• 69 • A Great Annelid Worm • (1975) • poem by Bruce Hawkins
• 70 • The Hunter: 20,000 A.D. • (1982) • poem by Andrew Joron
• 70 • Agency • (1981) • poem by Andrew Joron
• 71 • The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes • (1979) • poem by Andrew Joron
• 74 • White Noise • (1978) • poem by Andrew Joron
• 74 • Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night • (1977) • poem by Andrew Joron
• 76 • The Aging of Clones • (1982) • poem by Robert Frazier and Andrew Joron
• 77 • The Song of the Dragon's Daughter • (1977) • poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 77 • To Siva, the Unmaker • poem by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of To Siva the Unmaker 1980)
• 78 • The Well of Baln • (1981) • poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 80 • The Withinner • (1975) • poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 80 • Morden Lecture, 1978 • (1981) • poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 81 • First Rainfall • poem by Alan Lightman [as by Alan P. Lightman]
• 82 • The Monster • (1982) • poem by David Lunde
• 82 • The Singularity in Cygnus XI Viewed with Pity for HDE 226868 • (1977) • poem by David Lunde
• 83 • Ybba • poem by Elissa Malcohn [as by Elissa Hamilton Malcohn]
• 84 • Wings • poem by Elissa Malcohn [as by Elissa Hamilton Malcohn]
• 86 • The Physicist's Purpose • (1978) • poem by Adrianne Marcus
• 87 • Science/Fiction • (1978) • poem by Adrianne Marcus
• 88 • Thermodynamics • (1980) • poem by Adrianne Marcus
• 89 • Hades and Euclid • (1975) • poem by Harry Martinson (trans. of Hades och Euklides 1945)
• 91 • Spacepoem 3: Off Course • (1967) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 92 • Instamatic The Moon February 1973 • (1979) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 92 • In Sobieski's Shield • (1969) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 95 • Assembling the Model • (1977) • poem by Peter Payack
• 95 • Motorcycle Evolution • (1975) • poem by Peter Payack
• 96 • Microcosmos • (1981) • poem by Peter Payack
• 96 • The Migration of Darkness • (1979) • poem by Peter Payack
• 97 • Spinning Yarns, Relatively Speaking • (1981) • poem by Peter Payack
• 98 • Neutrinos • (1977) • poem by Georgette Perry
• 99 • The Neurophysiologist • (1983) • poem by Jonathan V. Post
• 100 • Gran Mal • (1981) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 101 • Toast for the Original Survivors • (1976) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 101 • Noah at Sea • (1981) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 102 • Slipping in Orbit • (1983) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 103 • Harmoniums • (1978) • poem by Kathryn Rantala
• 104 • Calling the Scientists Home • (1981) • poem by Wendy Rose
• 105 • The Hanged Man • (1978) • poem by John Oliver Simon
• 105 • Headlands, 2365 • (1982) • poem by John Oliver Simon
• 107 • Bright New Missouri • (1979) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• 108 • Asteroid Lil • (1982) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• 110 • Astronaut's Widow • (1980) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• 110 • The Lure • (1979) • poem by Steve Sneyd
• 111 • The Wolf Girl Speaks • (1982) • poem by Nancy Springer
• 112 • Syrup • (1982) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 112 • ESP • (1982) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 113 • Lighting the Colony • (1980) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 114 • Unknown Shores • (1969) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• 115 • Elegy for an Android • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• 116 • The Head-Rape • (1968) • poem by D. M. Thomas
• 117 • The Local Allosaurus • (1975) • poem by Steven Utley
• 118 • The Axel Tree • poem by Gene Van Troyer
• 124 • Adaption—Year 2000 • (1971) • poem by Edward Wellen
• 125 • MC²=E • poem by Lois June Wickstrom [as by Lois Wickstrom]
• 126 • A Slice of Life • (1984) • poem by Lois June Wickstrom [as by Lois Wickstrom]
• 127 • The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps • (1977) • poem by Gene Wolfe
• 130 • Metamorphosis • (1982) • poem by Jane Yolen
• 130 • The Fossilot • (1980) • poem by Jane Yolen
• 131 • Neptune Rising • (1982) • poem by Jane Yolen
• 131 • Death of a Unicorn • poem by Jane Yolen
• 132 • Caliban's Song • (1960) • poem by Jane Yolen
• 132 • Icarus • (1977) • poem by Jane Yolen
• 133 • I Used to Think in Lines That Were Irregular to the Right • (1978) • poem by Roger Zelazny
• 134 • Dreamscape • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny
• 136 • The New Physics • (1979) • poem by Al Zolynas
• 137 • Afternotes (Burning with a Vision) • essay by Robert Frazier