Turner, Genesis

Turner, Genesis

United States First publication date: 1988     Frederick Turner, Genesis: An Epic Poem of the Terraforming of Mars     In 1988 when Frederick Turner published the 10,000 lines of iambic pentameter that constitute Genesis, his epic on the transformation...
Walcott, Omeros

Walcott, Omeros

Saint Lucia (West Indies) Published: 1990 Derek Walcott Omeros Omeros (1990) upends the conventions of canonical Western epics by turning Caribbean fishermen into twentieth century heroes. In its titular allusion to Homer as well as in its topical and formal...
Turner, Apocalypse

Turner, Apocalypse

United States First publication date: 2016     Frederick Turner, Apocalypse: An Epic Poem   Frederick Turner’s third epic poem Apocalypse (2016) opens dramatically in the year 2067 with a colossal windstorm sweeping across the North Sea, causing...
Jilk, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga

Jilk, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga

United States 2024     Dave Jilk, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga     In 2001: A Space Odyssey the rogue computer HAL recalls Dr. Chandra, HAL’s first tutor/programmer. When Dave unplugs the computer, HAL’s last conscious thought is the old...