Poems Written and Read by
Liz Bennefeld

The past few years, I have been spending NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) trying to write a publishable poem each day during November. I wrote "Alien Life" in November 2009, and it was included on SFPA's 2010 Halloween Poetry Page

I wrote "Halloween at the End of the Universe" for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2009 On-line Halloween Poetry Reading. I was in a rare mood when I wrote it. Enjoy!

I wrote "At Allantide" for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2007 On-line Halloween Poetry Reading.

I wrote "Hunter's Moon" for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2008 On-line Halloween Poetry Reading. It's loosely based on a poem I wrote in the late 1960s or early 1970s, but re-visioned for the occasion.

"Vision Stalker" was written in 1996 as a sort of "signature" poem at a turning point in my life. Vision Stalker was my wolf name when I belonged to The Wild Wolf Women of the Web. I'm not certain I found any social group where I fit in, as a result of following my own nose for a change, but it was a relief not to be concerned about not fitting in anywhere at all, outside of my own skin and my own home.

"Waiting" is one of the earlier poems I wrote as an adult. I can remember the wooden apartment building I lived in when I wrote it. An interesting part of town! I had lots of fun recording it for the 2006 Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2006 On-line Halloween Poetry Reading.