The Planets Companion

by Wendy Van Camp

Overview

Discover a small selection of poems from Wendy Van Camp's Elgin Award nominated collection The Planets: a scifaiku poetry collection. Written in the modern form of scifaiku, these brief and lyrical poems blend the simplicity of haiku with the imagination of science fiction.

Inspired by NASA's space program and the discoveries of planetary science, each poem captures a moment of wonder within our solar system. From the rocky surface of Mercury to the distant reaches of Neptune, the verses reflect both scientific insight and human curiosity.

This companion chapbook offers readers a glimpse into Van Camp's larger body of speculative poetry, perfect for those who enjoy astronomy, science fiction, or the elegance of minimalist verse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798231601974
Publisher:	Wendy Van Camp
Publication date:	08/22/2025
Series:	Scifaiku Astropoetry
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.07(d)

About the Author

Wendy Van Camp has always had an interest in poetry but did not consider herself to be a poet. One day, she happened on a scifaiku writing workshop at a local science fiction convention and was the sole student of the workshop. There, she wrote her first science fiction themed haiku and the first poem she had written since high school. The poem sold immediately. She wrote more. Over the years her free verse and scifaiku poems published in magazines such as "Quantum Visions", "Altered Reality Magazine", "Scifaikuest", "Lit Up", and "Far Horizons". As she began to attend open-mic readings for her poems and teach how to write scifaiku in workshops of her own, Wendy has come to realize that she is indeed now a poet...in spite of herself.

Wendy lives in Southern California with her husband. She enjoys attending science fiction conventions, gemology, urban sketching, and travel. She has won Honorable Mention at the Writer's of the Future Contest and is a graduate of the James Gunn Speculative Fiction Workshop.