Robert S. King
@quarkpoet.bsky.social
Poet, editor, cofounder of FutureCycle Press, and retired Software Engineer. Author of nine books of poetry. Published in hundreds of magazines. Website: http://www.leftypoet.online
Thanks to Dissident Voice for publishing my poem, "The Pale Blue Dot."
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The Pale Blue Dot | Dissident Voice
Voyager 1 image, 3.7 billion miles from home If those who would abandon earth could look back so far, home might seem only faintly where the heart is. Here in our local minds, stars shine blindingly b...
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February 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanks to Dissident Voice for publishing my poem, "The Pale Blue Dot."
dissidentvoice.org/2025/02/the-...
dissidentvoice.org/2025/02/the-...
I'm in a nostalgia mood at the moment. Here is one of my poems from 1980 that was first published in a long-lived but now-defunct mag, Windless Orchard.
Orphans Adopting Themselves
from our fathers
we inherit feet
from our mothers
long arms
we walk away
always reaching back
Orphans Adopting Themselves
from our fathers
we inherit feet
from our mothers
long arms
we walk away
always reaching back
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I'm in a nostalgia mood at the moment. Here is one of my poems from 1980 that was first published in a long-lived but now-defunct mag, Windless Orchard.
Orphans Adopting Themselves
from our fathers
we inherit feet
from our mothers
long arms
we walk away
always reaching back
Orphans Adopting Themselves
from our fathers
we inherit feet
from our mothers
long arms
we walk away
always reaching back