for Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
by Deborah P. Kolodji
Rama,
named for a god,
your cylindrical sea
beckons…old childhood dreams, a death
today.
Deborah P. Kolodji is the president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and a member of the Haiku Society of America. Her work can be found in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Mythic Delirium, Modern Haiku, and bottle rockets among many other places.
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