David C. Kopaska-Merkel

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An aether compactor by trade, David Kopaska-Merkel began writing poetry after witnessing the Ascension of Tim. He won the Rhysling award for best long poem in 2006 for a collaboration with Kendall Evans. He has written 23 books, of which the latest is SETI Hits Paydirt (Popcorn Press). Kopaska-Merkel has edited Dreams & Nightmares magazine since 1986. You can reach him via email.

David C. Kopaska-Merkel in our archives

Meatspace, Poetry, Issue 26 January 2015
Podcast: January Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 26 January 2015
Not the Home World, Poetry, Issue 14 May 2012
Strange Oblivion, Poetry, Issue 17 October 2011
At the Duck Convention, Poetry, Issue 21 February 2011
Tweaking the World Bundle (Comstock's Synopsis of Improbable Events), Poetry, Issue 19 April 2010
Hunting Party, Poetry, Issue 21 December 2009
Rattlebox III, Poetry, Issue 27 July 2009
She's in the ice, Poetry, Issue 18 May 2009
The last time, we trust, Poetry, Issue 30 March 2009
Raised by Wolves, Poetry, Issue 9 February 2009
Laurentia Burning, Poetry, Issue 6 October 2008
Monoculture, Poetry, Issue 7 April 2008
The Quince Bedroom, Poetry, Issue 6 August 2007
Jumping into the System, Poetry, Issue 12 February 2007
Home at Last, Poetry, Issue 7 August 2006
A Story for Winter, Poetry, Issue 6 February 2006
SETI Hits Pay Dirt, Poetry, Issue 9 January 2006
Rattlebox, Poetry, Issue 30 May 2005
Wise and now-departed uncles, Poetry, Issue 21 February 2005
The Bus Stops Here, Poetry, Issue 3 January 2005
Excess Baggage, Poetry, Issue 20 December 2004
Stars, Poetry, Issue 28 June 2004
Supersonic Rocketeers, Poetry, Issue 26 January 2004
In His Cloak Still Freezing, Poetry, Issue 2 June 2003
Portrait of the Mad Scientist's Wife, Poetry, Issue 21 April 2003
Eel Week, Poetry, Issue 13 January 2003
The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, Poetry, Issue 25 November 2002
Superheroes, Poetry, Issue 21 October 2002
Long Voyage, Poetry, Issue 8 July 2002
An Open Letter to Our Astronauts, Poetry, Issue 31 December 2001
Ghost Lakes, Poetry, Issue 5 February 2001