Dave Wolverton Covers

Dave Wolverton is an author who most people know for his contributions to some of the Star Wars novelizations.  However, his writing runs deeper than that, with a handful of titles and covers to his name.  I recently picked up a copy of On My Way to Paradise (last picture) and I am extremely excited to read it.  Seems like a gory Halo-type of adventure.  I am all game for that!

Here are some covers now:

the devil's biologics - original poem

 

the devil's biologics

normal orbital

sinus rhythm

and phlegmatic secretions

spewing out of leaky pipes

a prophetic sepsis

and transcendental hyperemesis

to remove all the gastric pus

and floating, circulating germs

taking turns

dipping and diving

in the swirling wavepools

of homicidal blood

and cystolic distress

decanting blood-borne biotics

with a re-purposed

dialysis machine

spinning smoothly

on a clamoring pump

rid us of our humanly evils

dissolve our primordial pasts

de-methylate the dark magician's mathematics

and spoil the growing cultures

contaminated with the devil's biologics

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16713097-the-devil-s-biologics-by-Colvet

copper crown - original poem

 

copper crown

the copper crown

is falling off my slick skull

these collagen deposits

never called royalty home

and the ruby jeweled necklace

is snapping off my neck

a poorly sewn heart

doesn't know how to handle emptiness

and the alternating moonstone beads

wrapping around my wrists like handcuff mitts

only serve to strangulate my veins tighter

pull the stretchy skin back tauter

reminding me

there is nowhere to escape

from the crazed concrete mazes

encapsulating these old

creaking Lakewood homes

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16712346-copper-crown-by-Colvet

medical nightmares - original poem

 

medical nightmares

I'm tactfully placing

these white and yellow

wildflower spirals

in the centerfold

of my chipping vintage

Grey's anatomy hardcover

right by the pages

with pen and ink sketches

of Machiavelli's skull

by the illustrations

of honest bones

humored through discipline

and utmost diligence

to please the residents

at the grand round wards

encroaching on my room

with cold lavender hues

I'll put a metal canister

from old gurney steel atop

pressing all the captured moisture out

and get the rich flowers flat

so I can feel like I'm doing something

with the fruits of hard cased seeds

unfurling and expanding

when lost alone

in the halls

of medical nightmares

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16707775-medical-nightmares-by-Colvet

The Dust of Emotions - New Allpoetry Community Book Project (October 2022)

Kevin Watt, author and owner of allpoetry.com, is putting together another community book project featuring works from multiple poets and writers on the website.  I submitted my work for review and inclusion, marking my third time being involved with these projects.

Overall, I think Kevin and his team do a great job offering writers feedback on their work and compiling a great book with compelling design/structure.  I like to use these books to connect with other writers on the site and to see my progress as a poet over time.

The next book is entitled The Dust of Emotions and my poem entitled apothecary dust will be featured.  I figured the title and content of this piece was fitting for the title of the book.  I will post links of where to buy once it is out in mid-October on Amazon and bookstores.  

Cheers!

not enough adhesive [death] - original poem

 

not enough adhesive [death]

not enough sutures

to repair your overloaded heart

not enough packing tape

to mail out your protected words

not enough waterproof sealant caulk

to fill the holes in your sinking ship

not enough epoxy resin

to cure your dismembered parts

not enough medical glue

to keep your jaw in place

not enough metal screws

to fix your spine up straight

not enough saponified hot wax

to pour over your innocent body

but alas -

we can all relax

if we never truly forget

that all is one

death is the natural binder

that makes it all stick together

like a melting snowball

of trapped worms and dirt

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16697132-not-enough-adhesive--death--by-Colvet

Cordwainer Smith Covers

Cordwainer Smith aka Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger has quickly become one of my favorite SF authors of all time.  I am currently reading his "best of" collection now.

Cordwainer mostly wrote short stories and only one complete novel (Nostrilia) that was an expanded version of previously written stories.  However, his contributions to the realm of SF are nothing but rich.  

He died in 1966 and his works have still withstood the test of time in my opinion with the expansiveness and interconncetedness of his stories largely focusing on the Instrumentality of Mankind - or man's attempts to interact with space.  

He also led a very interesting life having a PhD in poly sci and working in espionage and mind control/psychological warfare for the US gov.  I think he is extremely underappreciated in the modern SF community.  

Let's look at some of the beautiful covers to his excellent works now: