What is Speculative Poetry?
In an effort to create guidelines for our quarterly and annual publications, contests and events, the executive committee would like you to weigh in on which sub-genres belong in our pages.
1.
Which sub-genres of poetry do you think
should
be included in the catch-all of Speculative Poetry, assuming no other speculative elements are present? Check all to which you would say "Yes."
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Horror with supernatural elements
mundane horror (real-world-only horror)
urban fantasy
weird poetry (a la Lovecraft)
cosmic horror
mythological
alternate history
riffs on popular SFFH culture (superheroes, TV, movies, comics, etc.)
science (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.)
nature
space (astronomy, re-world space exploration)
poetry using SFF tropes strictly as metaphor (figurative use)
poetry using SFF tropes only as analogy
poetry using SFF tropes only as simile
"What if" poetry
magical realism
surrealism
cowboy and western
romance
fairy tales
folklore
fabulism
domestic fabulism
bizzaro poetry
slipstream
superhero
science used only metaphorically
poems about dinosaurs
Astrology, magick, occult
"interstitial"
Current religions
real-world human history
Gender topics
scientists (biographical)
Speculative poets (biographical)
poets (biographical)
2.
Add a sub-genre you think we forgot.