Colin Kapp Covers #1

I honestly have not read much Colin Kapp to date.  He has a decent amount of Sci-Fi works published and many of the covers I gravitate too.  I think I will start diving into his work with Ion War at some point unless anyone else has any better suggestions.  Just let me know, cheers.  For now, enjoy the art!

planetary preserver - original poem

planetary preserver

I wish to become

a planetary preserver

a savior to the stars

the one who makes 

America's heart melt

by the slime of creation

and lessons of arduous time

attached to the lecture notes

of a great, esteemed xenobiologist

his quavering handwriting reads

"A plan is only mental

never sure of it's course

but intuition -

it's something else

something oddly variant entirely

a lifeless endless stream

with gushing currents

and no commentary or guide

who can see past the brush

carrying a large machete

wafting and paddling

in endless circles 

of God's watery creation

on our planet yes

but within other species

on distant cores and crusts

not like our own"

damn. 

his words are unravelling

helping me fall into a pit of thieves

only to arise with a golden crown

rubies gems and bars and coins

he helped me find the reason

and those hadrosaur corpses 

were on the other side of the globe

like all the other pioneers

and current greats in the field

but I had a hunch 

an oh so clever hunch

that their numerical coordinates 

we're backwards

opposite

all out of whack

I found my own mountain

and boy did I climb

It was glorious I tell you

even in snowy conditions

and at the top 

the very goddamn alpine tip

I found the dinosaur bones

sitting on a silver platter 

my own sliver of truth

my own reason

for having the privilege

to start each day

fresh and anew

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16585865-planetary-preserver-by-Colvet

crystal thief - original poem

crystal thief

shifting in my cane chair

retiring to the oversized

cushioned couch

I see your tall black shadow

silently poking out the enclave

leading to the kitchen

tucked behind the other room

so I keep a desk lamp

right next to my right hand

just in case

you choose to sit on my chest

and knock my wind all out

with a ghoulish blade at my neck

trying to steal my copper runes

and tumbled Apache tears

im not afraid to stab back this time

my blade is all prepared

spinning slowly on the nightstand

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16589545-crystal-thief-by-Colvet

Name That Author #6

One of the most goddamn depressing authors I have ever read to date.  Even more so than Dostoevsky.  I have to be careful with their works...sometimes they can really put me in an existential whirlwind.  

Hint:  Philosophy

mutations [genetic mastery] - original poem

 mutations [genetic mastery]

why not take a drive with me

stop by my house

see my basement DIY laboratory

no worries, the city heath officials wrote it off

I have something to show you

it might tickle the fringes

of your astute creative fantasies

and soothe your deoxygenated cells

we'll start by perusing

my amino acid modification lab

and my species collection on the wall

a database of failed experiments

and cryovials of those that withstood our tests

pick a mutation of interest

and we'll go from there

we have several bright field scopes

and colorimetric assays available

any chemical to fit your needs

just tell me what she looks like

tell me what mutations sound grand

I'll run a genetic algorithm through my software

we'll see if there's any compatibility

and in only one day

we can take care of any genetic deformities

personality oddities

and behavioral abnormalities

you might want gone

we just have to make sure

the subject stays under physiological conditions

and that the liquid anesthesia will take

if so we have dour hours to augment at will

we can craft a scientific love story

so sweet and daring

we will leave our peers crying

and jealous

over our suave

predatory nature

within the domain

of genetic mastery

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16584199-mutations-genetic-mastery-by-Colvet

smug smoggers - original poem

smug smoggers

why are us humans 

such smug smoggers

why must we fill the air

with our impotencies

with our exultations

of diesel fuel 

and toxic liquids and gases

our efforts of survival

seem to our block

the shine of the distant stars

that precipitate our dreams

our hopes, our futures

and plans for distant impacts

on foreign shimmery moons

we must be careful 

not to disturb the equilibrium

between hopeful wishing

and the deeds of an honest

humanly existence 

stuck to the rocks and oceans

that decorate the mountainsides

they serve us only slightly

at elevating us closer to these

cosmic precipitates

of the most regal emanations of man

its time for us to adorn

the pseudonym of smug smoggers

who snigger and pout 

when things don't work out their way

the manse controllers

of universal expanse

may notice we are missing our lessons

and turning our homework in late

every day past the due date

we can see another span

of pure white stars

flicker and fade

until eventually a dense umbra

of darkness and evil

will envelop our auras

and cloud our little human minds

you may look towards the sun

for guidance and wisdom

but be sure not to stare

you may drink from the fountain

of celestial drippings of the moon

but be sure to not get drown and drenched 

our else the north star 

might exist no longer

and our cardinal compasses

will spin out of control

and burn a hole in every denim pocket

or dress pant snare

we must act quickly

before the heavenly gasses

volatize away

and we are only left with sulfur fumes

and itchy burning

crimson clouds of hell

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16594310-smug-smoggers-by-Colvet

Name That Author #5

Let's see who can get this one.  Dude was super secretive and wrote many pamphlets namely on occultism and ancient alchemy.  I have many of their books in my home collection.