Tag: radium-poem
Proto sf-adjacent poetry published during the sf genre’s Radium Age (1900–1935). Research and analysis by Josh Glenn. Thematic index here.
“EARTH ALREADY TO ITS DOOM…”
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“Whether flame consume us comet-struck; / Or the earth’s crust fall in…”
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FROM AN EXPOSITION…
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“multiple retort underfeed stoker / balanced seatless blow-off valve”
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AN ECLOGUE FOR CHRISTMAS
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“We shall go down like palaeolithic man / Before some new Ice Age…”
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THE TURBINE
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“Those infinite energies / Our little earth just gnaws at through the ether…”
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NOVA
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“The oceans would explode into invisible steam, / The ships and the great whales fall through them…”
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