Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
Hey everyone, hope your weekend is going great! Today's poem is from Celestine Trinidad, a regular Insignia Stories contributor who writes really fun Filipino myth-based fantasy. Her story 'Horse Feet' in our Southeast Asian Fantasy anthology is one of my favorites! Celestine also has stories featured in our upcoming Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles and Insignia... Continue Reading →
Welcome to June's edition of INSTINCTS! I'm very excited to share a poem from Mary Soon Lee's epic fantasy collection, ''The Sign of the Dragon" today! This is one of two poems she has graciously submitted for INSTINCTS. Several of her poems are also featured in 'Insignia: Asian Flash Fiction & Poetry. MIDNIGHT Tsung... Continue Reading →
We haven't had a poem in awhile, so here's a lovely piece by a regular Insignia projects contributor, Vonnie Winslow Crist. 'Lee Chung-Chung's Painting Tells a Story' By Vonnie Winslow Crist Sky: blue grey, cloud laden, seasonal birds wing their way northward, beaks splitting air as genetic memory sounds a fevered blood call. Tree:... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, hope you're all having a good month so far. Things are a bit tough in Japan at the moment with lots of corona virus cases here in Aichi (Nagoya) where I live. I'm an ESL teacher so all my classes are cancelled this month as a precaution--but the shops are all open, I... Continue Reading →
Hello and Happy Valentine's Day! February's feature for INSTINCTS is a poem from the prolific Vonnie Winslow Crist! We're proud to have her as a contributor of Insignia: Asian Science Fiction, and in our upcoming Japanese Fantasy Drabbles anthology as well. This piece is titled, 'At the Asian Art Center' and is inspired by the... Continue Reading →
December's edition of Instincts includes two poems from a new contributor, DJ Tyrer, who will also have a story appearing in Insignia: Japanese Fantasy Drabbles. Gobi Sands By DJ Tyrer Great Khan on camelback Has no fear of thirst Dares all enemies to strike Knowing none shall survive Protected as he is By the... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our second INSTINCTS publication: a free-style poem by new contributor, Kim Whysall-Hammond. Kim says the poem was inspired by Malaysian folktales told to her by a friend. Enjoy! Graveyard shift In old Malay, draped in forest lies heat swamped George Town along tree lined avenues abandoned colonial mansions forsaken, cracked, diminished irrelevant... Continue Reading →
HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! I work as an English teacher (part-time) here in Japan, so have been busy these past two weeks with Halloween lessons on weekdays, and parties on the weekend. In fact, I still have another party to attend THIS Saturday....that's more than enough Halloween for me! UPDATE: 'Japanese Fantasy Drabbles' Submissions As... Continue Reading →
Today we're sharing the first poetry contribution to our new online series, Instincts: Asian Speculative Poetry. ('Instincts' for short). Haiku are wonderful expressions of thought and beauty: adding speculative elements is especially difficult in this form, so I love the creativity of this piece. And if you're into haiku, you'll get the frog reference...... Continue Reading →
We would like to invite poets to contribute to a new online publication series! Insignia: Instincts We hope to publish 1-4 poems on The Insignia Series blog per month, depending on the volume of submissions. Reading Period: Open now and ongoing. Format: Poetry only Length: No limit, however no epic poems please. Theme: Must have... Continue Reading →
