~Top 10% of the Dwarf Stars anthology

Scifaikuest and Star*Line had the most nominees and best work (three each). Although the nominees favor women once again, my choices for the first time leaned toward men. I may not have selected these poets as having written the best poems in the previous years.

My top five poems out of fifty-odd were (in order of appearance, not rank)

• "[lonely robot]" • Noel Sloboda • Scifaikuest print, February  -- (not available online) -- moving 
• "Phoenix" Colleen Anderson • Yellow Arrow Publishing V:3 Re(Formation) -- (not available online) -- self destruction and renewal
• [shapeshifter] • Ngo Binh Anh Khoa • Scifaikuest print, November -- (not available online) -- how the shapeshifter feels
• "[springtime on Pluto]" • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Scifaikuest online, May -- well captured SF moment
• "[t)here]" • LeRoy Gorman • Star*Line, 43.2 -- good ee cummings play

Also check out these poems:

• "[every lover]" • Christina Sng • Scifaikuest print, February -- (not available online) -- moving, albeit a bit odd in what it asks the reader to sympathize with 
• "Surreal Agenda" • Bruce Boston • Star*Line 43.1