Poetry


Below is an abridged listing of Lisa's published poems, both speculative and non-speculative.

 Speculative Poetry
"A Second Helping" and "Celebration", Polar Borealis, Issue 3, November/December 2016
"After the Crash", "Change" (print); "Finding the Words", "First Contact" (online), Scifaikuest, March 2017
"After the Explorers," Eccentric Orbits 4, May 2023
“After the Quest is Over,” Eye to the Telescope, Issue 46, Quests, October 2022; long-listed for 2023 Rhysling Anthology
"AI Talents of the Future,” Polar Starlight #13, February 24, 2024.
"All the Alternate Annes," Eastern Iowa Review: All Things Anne, Sept. 2019
"Altered," Trouble Among the Stars, Issue 5.
"Alternate World 452," first published as "Alt 452" in Illumen, Summer 2019; republished in Polar Borealis August 2023.
“An Alien Walks Into a Bar,” Eye to the Telescope Issue 53, July 2024, “Strange Mixology,” edited by Gretchen Tessmer.
“As for the Spoon,” Dreams & Nightmares 128, September 2024.
“As Twilight Approaches,” Dreams and Nightmares 127, May 2024.
"At The Bleeding Edge," Apparition Lit, Issue 9, Experimentation, January 2020.
“At the Magical Furniture Store,” Polar Starlight, Issue 7, December 2022.
"Better or Worse," Liquid Imagination, June 1, 2021.
"Breaking the News", Eye to the Telescope, April, 2017
"Blackbeard Returns as a Porch Pirate," Frost Zone Zine Issue 2, Winter 2020-2021
"Butterflies on Degna", "He's Come So Far", and "Cravings", Scifaikuest, print edition, August 2018
"Canem Roboto," New Myths Issue 55, June 2021
"[canine deity], Spaceports & Spidersilk, June 2022
“Cats Of the Future” Utopia Science Fiction, August/September 2022
"Chimerapet," Scifaikuest online May 2023
"Command Decision", Outposts of Beyond, July 2015
"Comedy Night at the Magic Cafe," Spaceports and Spidersilk, February 2022
"Confessions of an Old Spacer," Polar Starlight, Issue 3, October 2021
“Continuation,” Star*Line 47.1, Winter 2024.
"Cupid Visits the Archery Club," Illumen Summer 2023.
"The Day Politeness Revealed Its Limits," Frost Zone Zine Issue 2, Winter 2020-2021
"The Day We All Died, A Little," Radon Journal Issue 5, September 2023; also included in 2024 Rhysling Anthology, awarded third place in short poem category.
"The Defendant's Plea" and "She Doesn't Understand", Illumen, Autumn 2017
"A Dish Best Served," Liminality, Issue 23, Spring 2020; also included in the 2021 Rhysling Anthology
"Do Androids Dream, Indeed," Polar Borealis, Issue 15, Summer 2020.
“Do the Gods Laugh?” Star*Line 45.4, Fall 2022
"Dorvan cuisine", Spaceports and Spidersilk, January, 2019
“Eclipsed,” Polar Borealis Issue 27, October 2023
"False Daylight", "Pioneer Spirit", "Rescue", "Seeking Other Lands", and "Those Who Remain", Outposts of Beyond, July 2017 (feature poet)
“Fantastic Yoga Sessions,” “Isn't Technology Wonderful,” and “A Touch of Home,” Eccentric Orbits 5, Dimensionfold Publishing, October 2024.
"Fidelis Reinvented", New Myths, Issue 43, June 2018; also included in Passages anthology.
"The First," Eccentric Orbits 4, May 2023.
“First Contact,” Eye to the Telescope Issue 44: Notional Ekphrastic, April 2022; included in 2023 Rhysling Anthology, finished tied for third in the balloting.
“Five Little Dragons,” Spaceports & Spidersilk, Hiraeth Publishing, June 2024.
"For Laika," House of Zolo Journal of Speculative Literature Vol II, October 2020
"For Leonard," Polar Borealis, Issue 5, Jan/Feb 2018; also included in Stellar Evolutions anthology, October 2020
"Foreshadowing", Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Issue 28
“The Frankenstein Creature, in Other Genres,” Eye to the Telescope, Issue 47, January 2023
"From Cat, To Fiddle," New Myths, Issue 48, Sept 2019; also included in "Reader's Choice" poll June 2020; included in Neosapiens: Best of New Myths Vol III, November 2022
"The Further We Flew," Space and Time, Issue 138, Autumn 2020.
"Ghost Planet," Polar Borealis, Issue 5, Jan/Feb 2018; also included in Stellar Evolutions anthology, October 2020
"Ghost Stories", Sounds of the Night, Alban Lake Publishing
"Ghost Train," NewMyths.com, Vol. 16, Issue 61, Winter 2022.
"Globe Trotters," Nonbinary Review Issue 33: World Tour (Zoetic Press).
"Greener Grass," A Poet Explores the Stars, Nomadic Delirium, 2019.
[hang time], Star*Line, Issue 43,1, Winter 2020.
"History Waits to be Written", Polar Borealis, Issue 7; ; also included in Stellar Evolutions anthology, October 2020
“The Hole Story,” Polar Starlight, Issue 15, June 2024.
"The Horsemen Wait", Contemporary Haibun Online, October, 2017
“How the First Meeting Might Have Gone Down,” NewMyths Issue 67, Summer 2024.
“How to Duel on New Tombstone,” Star*Line 47.1, Winter 2024.
"How Will They Judge Us", The Future Fire, Issue 2017.42 
"The Human Ambassador Addresses ..." Illumen, Summer 2023.
“If You Should Meet a Black Hole,” Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, August/September 2023.
"Infinite Monkey Theorem, Revisited," Illumen, Spring 2022
"Into the Net," Eye to the Telescope Issue 33, Infection, July 2019
"Into the Sea," Utopia Science Fiction, Vol. 2, Issue 2, October 2020; included in Utopia Science Fiction's Five-Year Anthology, December 2023
"The Inventor" and "She Wonders", Polar Borealis #4
"It Must Be More," Illumen, Spring 2022
“It’s Only Cute When They’re Little,” “Dogs in Space,” and “[Earth recedes],” Scifaikuest February 2023 print
"Just Another Night at the Bar," Illumen, Summer 2023.
"Just Another Trip to Mars", Scifaikuest online, August 2017; "Fetch on Mars", "Fresh Back from Weeks in Space", "Hip-Hoppers", Scifaikuest, print, August 2017
"Late April Snowfall," The Ultra Best Short Verse 2023: A Canadian Anthology of Poetry, Beret Days Press, 2023.
"Letting Go," Star*Line, Issue 44.2, Spring 2021
[lightspeed travel], Star*Line Issue 46.4, Fall 2023
"Long Gone," Space and Time, March 2019
"Long Jump", Selfie", "Titan Spider" and "Two Suns Setting", Scifaikuest, August 2015
"Lorelei," Polar Borealis, Issue 14, April 2020.
[just another trip], Scifaikuest online, August 2017.
"Magic Touch," Eye to the Telescope Issue 34, Tricksters, October 2019
"Making a Run For It," Scifaikuest online, May 2023
"Mars Colonists Are Interviewed," Eccentric Orbits 4, May 2023
"Marvel of Us, The", Star*Line, Fall 2018
"Maybe Next Time," Star*Line 40.3, Summer 2017.
"Mother Nature's Farewell Tour," Utopia Science Fiction April/May 2024.
"The Mural," Polar Starlight #12
"Mycelial," The Future Fire, Issue 2023.66, July 2023
"The Nannybot's Musings," House of Zolo Vol. 4, December 21, 2023.
"New to Beta 3", Spaceports and Spidersilk, June 30, 2017
"The Next Pioneers" and "Bring Not the Axe", Outposts of Beyond, October 2016
"No Fairy Tale World," New Myths, June 2019; also included in Rhysling Anthology
“[no pleading or parental scolding],” runner-up, Saturday Evening Post, July/August 2024 Limerick Laughs contest, posted October 28, 2024.
[on the ship from Earth], Atlas Poetica, February 2018; also included in Dwarf Stars anthology.
"Nursery Rhymes for Changing Times," Scifaikuest August 2021 print edition
"Occult Cases Squad," Spaceports and Spidersilk, February 2023
"One Day", Star*Line 40.4, Fall, 2017
"One Last Time", Mobius, December 2018
"One Man's Trash", New Myths, December, 2017
"One Special Night", Scifaikuest, November 2018, print
"Over It", Dreams and Nighmares, September 2018
"Over the Rainbow," New Myths, December 2021
"Pegasus Seeks a Change of Scenery," Polar Starlight #12
“Postcard from the Red Planet,” Star*Line, Issue 47.3, Summer 2024.
“Proxima Set-up Crew Opts to Stay,” Star*Line Vol. 46.1, Winter 2022.
"A Regular Guy," Star*Line 47.2, Spring 2024.
“Robin’s Rest,” Eye to the Telescope 54, Outlaws, edited by Melissa Ridley Elmes, October, 2024.
"Robot Dreams", Eye to the Telescope, Robots theme, January 2017
"Same Mistakes," A Poet Explores the Stars, Nomadic Delirium, 2019.
"The Sand Dogs of Mars," Polar Starlight #12
"Scarcity", Grievous Angel (online), June 19, 2017
[second great flood], Scifaikuest online, February 2019
"Separate and Apart," Illumen, Spring 2022
"Some Things Come Unbidden", The Martian Wave, 2015; NonBinary Review, Issue 36: Heredity, June 2024
"Some Things We're Meant to Leave Behind," Scifaikuest May 2022, online edition
"Somewhere Else," A Poet Explores the Stars, Nomadic Delirium, 2019.
[space station pawn shop], Scifaikuest August 2021 print edition
"The Stars May Beckon, But Still", The Martian Wave, 2016
“The Sting of Realization,” Scifaikuest online, February 2024.
[sunlight refracts], Scifaikuest May 2022, online edition
[talent show], Frozen Wavelets, Issue 2, February 2020
"That Dry Feeling", Liquid Imagination, February, 2017
"They Sent the Old," Illumen, Spring 2022
"This Future at Least Has Cows," Triangulation: Habitats, August 2021.
“Time’s a Lousy Tipper,” Star*Line 47.4, Fall 2024.
“To The Robin, Building a Nest in My Eavestrough,” Samjoko, Summer 2022
"Understanding" and "Will They", The Martian Wave, 2018
"Unknown Quantity", Star*Line, Fall 2016, Issue 39.4
"The Valkyries Ride On", Lorelei Signal, fall 2015
“[VR sim],” Scifaikuest online, February 2024.
"Wanted: Another Terrestrial Planet," Illumen, Spring 2022
"We Must Believe the Road Ahead Is Full of Light," Utopia Science Fiction, October/November 2021
"We Wish You Luck," Star*Line, August 2019
“We’re Back,” Polar Starlight, Issue 16, August/September 2024.
"Were We There?" Illumen, Summer 2023.
"What Really Happened", New Myths, Issue 44, September, 2018
“When on Alpha Tau,” Polar Starlight, Issue 9, March 1, 2023
"When Sports Get Strange," Spaceports and Spidersilk, May 2021
"When the Stars Align", Scifaikuest, November 2018, print
"When the Wild West Meets the Next Frontier", Star*Line, Fall 2018
"When We Heard," Journ-E, The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol. 2, No. 2, Autumnal Equinox, September 2023.
"When We Leave Home for Good," Polar Starlight, Issue 3, October 2021
[whirring of wheels on asphalt], Star*Line, Fall 2018
"Why Do I Dream?" NewMyths, Vol 18, Issue 66, March 2024.
"Wings of Wax," Polar Borealis, Issue 13, January 2020; ; also included in Stellar Evolutions anthology, October 2020
"With Neither a Bang Nor a Whimper," Polar Starlight, Issue 14, April 2024.
[zombie night], Star*Line 43.1, Winter, 2020; also included in 2021 Dwarf Stars
“The Wolf,” Solstitia: A Fiction Fans Magazine, Issue 1, June 2024

Other Poetry
“Canoeing on a Day…,” Firelight & Footprints, Poetry From the Canoe and Campsite, Paddler Press, September 2024.
“Canoeing on Perry Lake,” Firelight & Footprints, Poetry From the Canoe and Campsite, Paddler Press, September 2024.
“Cleaning Out the Desk,” Paddler Press, Issue 6, Changes, October 2022
“En Vacances in Quebec City”, Paddler Press, Vol. 5, Summer Fare, August 2022
“Constant,” Paddler Press, Issue 6, Changes, October 2022
"Eye in the Storm", "Some Itsy-Bitsy Questions", "They Remember", and "For Laika", Lynn River Review III: Renaissance, Resonance, 2018
“Fallen Tree, Algonquin Park,” Firelight & Footprints, Poetry From the Canoe and Campsite, Paddler Press, September 2024.
“First Canoe Trip,” Parks and Points Poetry 2022, April 2022
“Get It Over With,” Thema, Vo 34, No. 3, Get It Over With
“Golden Years,” Paddler Press, Issue 6, Changes, October 2022
"Good Reasons", Contemporary Haibun Online, September, 2018
"[his opponents were tough..."], Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs, winner for September/October 2018 contest
"In Any Language", THEMA: Is There a Word for That? (vol. 30, no. 1, spring 2018)
"In the Shadows", Contemporary Haibun Online, March, 2017
"Island Life", Parks and Points web site, April 26, 2018
"Kettling," Third Wednesday, July 2017
"Laughter," Third Wednesday, Vol. XIII, No. 4, September 2020
"Leaving Home," Savor: Poems for the Tongue, Friendly City Books, April 2024.
"Lost at Sea" and "Canoe Trip, Massasauga Provincial Park", Third Wednesday, Volume XII, No. 1
"Matryoshka," Third Wednesday web site, posted March 14, 2024.
"Moonlight" and "A Cat's Confession", From A Cat's View, Post to Print Publishers, 2018
"Message Home," Third Wednesday, September 2019
"Moose", Nature's Healing Spirit, Sowing Creek Press, April, 2018
“Oceanside Camping in New Brunswick,” Firelight & Footprints, Poetry From the Canoe and Campsite, Paddler Press, September 2024.
“Now You’re Gone,” Samjoko, Summer 2022.
"Paws for Reflection," Thema, The Clumsy Gardener, June 2020.
"Spammers," Little Old Lady Comedy, August 24, 2024.
“Springtime, Awenda Provincial Park,” Firelight & Footprints, Poetry From the Canoe and Campsite, Paddler Press, September 2024.
“Stacking Firewood,” Paddler Press Volume 12: Warmth, December 2024.
“Watching Softball,” Paddler Press, Vol. 5, Summer Fare, August 2022.
[with the lockdown], On the Premises top ten selection for limerick contest, June 2020.
“Without Her,” Samjoko, Summer 2022.














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