Blast-off: An Acrostic

 

 

by Lauren McBride

 

Rising                                       

 

Off-world on

 

Chemical energy turned

 

Kinetic for

 

Extraterrestrial

 

Travel

 

 

 

 

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About the Poet: Faith, nature, molecular biology (a former researcher) and membership in the SFPA inspire Lauren McBride's stories and poems, which have a appeared in various science fiction, horror, nature and children's publications including Spaceports & Spidersilk, Scifaikuest (featured poet, August 2010) and The Drabbler (honorable mention twice). She shares a love of laughter, science and the ocean with her husband and two children.

 

 About the Art: SpaceRocket by Marcin Rybarczyk of Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland