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• xi • Introduction (Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand) • (2009) • essay by Tim Jones and Mark Pirie
• 3 • The Poetry of the Future • (2009) • poem by Anna Rugis
• 4 • To a Science-Fiction Writer • (2009) • poem by Louis Johnson
• 6 • 2000 A.D. • (1966) • poem by A. R. D. Fairburn
• 9 • In Your Dream • (2009) • poem by Janet Charman
• 11 • Utopia • (1982) • poem by Bill Sewell
• 13 • Time Traveller • (2004) • poem by Alistair Paterson
• 17 • Einstein's Theory Simply Explained • (2009) • poem by David Gregory (I)
• 18 • Note to the Aliens • (2003) • poem by John Dolan and Jenny Powell
• 19 • In the Future When We Grow New Brains • (2009) • poem by Raewyn Alexander
• 20 • F/S • (2001) • poem by Alan Brunton
• 22 • Nanosphere • (2008) • poem by Harvey Molloy
• 24 • Two Kinds of Time • (2009) • poem by Meliors Simms
• 26 • Out of Time • (2009) • poem by Jack Perkins
• 28 • Black Hole • (2009) • poem by Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
• 29 • Good Solid Work • (2005) • poem by Tim Jones
• 33 • The Siege of Dunedin • (2003) • poem by John Dolan
• 35 • Overseasia • (2001) • poem by David Eggleton
• 37 • Looking at Kapiti • (2005) • poem by Alastair Te Ariki Campbell
• 38 • The World Catastrophe • (1982) • poem by Bill Sewell
• 40 • Satellites • (1988) • poem by Rachell McAlpine
• 42 • 60-Second Warning • (1988) • poem by David Eggleton
• 44 • The End of the World • (2000) • poem by Meg Campbell
• 45 • The Last Day of the World • (2004) • poem by Vivienne Plumb
• 46 • Four Poems from the Strontium Age • (1957) • poem by Louis Johnson
• 50 • Nuclear Family - A Fragment • (2003) • poem by Michael O'Leary
• 52 • Still Centre • (2008) • poem by Ruth Gilbert
• 53 • Last Song (excerpt) • (2009) • poem by Fleur Adcock
• 54 • Lee: A Science Fiction Poem (excerpt) • (2009) • poem by Rob Jackaman
• 60 • Thin Air • (1975) • poem by Marilyn Duckworth
• 61 • An Aftermath • (1991) • poem by Fiona Kidman
• 62 • Instructions About Global Warming • (2008) • poem by Kevin Ireland
• 67 • Karen Carpenter Calls Interplanetary Craft • (2006) • poem by Iain Sharp
• 69 • The Thermostatic Man • (1963) • poem by Gordon Challis
• 71 • They're Keeping Tabs • (1976) • poem by Trevor Reeves
• 74 • Metastasis • (2009) • poem by Mary Cresswell
• 75 • Japan 2030 • (2002) • poem by Simon Williamson
• 76 • Kron • (1975) • poem by Tony Beyer
• 78 • Love Among the Daleks • (2009) • poem by Louis Johnson
• 80 • Planet One • (1994) • poem by Sean McMahon
• 82 • Beside the Laughing Kitchen • (2009) • poem by Janis Freegard
• 83 • Rituals • (2009) • poem by Thomas Mitchell
• 84 • Vis Imaginitiva • (1991) • poem by Alan Brunton
• 86 • After the Disaster • (2004) • poem by Harvey McQueen
• 88 • Space Age Lover • (2009) • poem by Jenny Argante
• 90 • Hypnogogia • (2009) • poem by Chris Else
• 93 • The Ascent • (2007) • poem by James Norcliffe
• 95 • Gas (excerpt) • (2009) • poem by Fleur Adcock
• 105 • Signs of Activity • (2004) • poem by Vivienne Plumb
• 106 • UFO's in Autumn • (1986) • poem by Michael Morrissey
• 108 • A Spaceship Has Landed Near Nuhaka • (1984) • poem by Andrew Fagin
• 109 • Dreams of Alien Love • (1983) • poem by Aalix Roake [as by Dana Bryce]
• 110 • Contact • (2007) • poem by Tracie McBride
• 112 • In Truth or Consequences • (2008) • poem by Cliff Fell
• 114 • The Art of Translation • (2008) • poem by Nelson Wattie
• 116 • This Machine Kills Aliens • (2000) • poem by Phil Kawana
• 118 • Are the Andromedans Like Us • (1988) • poem by Michael Morrissey
• 120 • Dan and His Amazing Cat • (2007) • poem by Mark Pirie
• 122 • Great Minds • (2009) • poem by James Digman
• 124 • The Purple Fantastic, Feels Like Elastic, Spangled and Plastic Ray Gun • (2009) • poem by Cath Randle
• 126 • An Alien's Notes on First Seeing a Prunus-Plum Tree • (2009) • poem by Jane Matheson
• 127 • Return • (2008) • poem by Harvey McQueen
• 129 • Awakening • (2004) • poem by Owen Marshall
• 130 • An Old Man and Science Fiction • (1958) • poem by Peter Bland
• 133 • Crab Nebula • (2008) • poem by Katherine Liddy
• 135 • Death Star • (2001) • poem by Anna Jackson
• 137 • Manned Mission to the Green Planet • (2001) • poem by Stephen Oliver
• 138 • Three Poems • (1981) • poem by Hilaire Kirkland
• 141 • Hey Man, Wow! "Jimi Hendrix" • (2003) • poem by Michael O'Leary
• 143 • Lift-Off • (2001) • poem by Robin Fry
• 144 • Touchdown • (2007) • poem by Tim Jones
• 146 • The First Artist on Mars • (2007) • poem by Tim Jones
• 148 • Saturn's Rings • (2009) • poem by Puri Alvarez
• 149 • Star Waka (excerpt) • (2009) • poem by Robert Sullivan
• 152 • "We're Thinking of Going Into Space" • (1997) • poem by Chris Pigott
• 153 • Liam Going • (2007) • poem by Mark Pirie
• 155 • Departing Takaparawha • (2009) • poem by Iain Britton
• 157 • The Imaginary Voyage • (1982) • poem by Bill Sewell
• 160 • Voyagers • (2009) • poem by Rachel Bush
• 161 • Letter to an Astronomer • (2005) • poem by Stephen Oliver
• 165 • Tabloid Headlines • (1995) • poem by Helen Rickerby
• 167 • The Verdigris Critic • (2005) • poem by Sue Wootten
• 168 • Mill Pond Poems (excerpt) • (2009) • poem by Richard von Sturmer
• 169 • Earth Star • (1992) • poem by Brian Turner
• 172 • The Thirst That Can Never Be Slaked • (2009) • poem by Gary Forrester
• 173 • Your Being • (2002) • poem by David Karena-Holmes
• 174 • In Which I Materialize, Horribly Maimed, in the Transporter Room of the Enterprise • (1995) • poem by John Dolan
• 176 • The Rescue Mission • (2009) • poem by Mark Pirie
• 180 • Lament of the Imperfect Copy of Ensign Harry Kim • (2009) • poem by Tze Ming Mok
• 184 • Somewhere Else • (2009) • poem by Nic Hill
• 185 • The Stars, Natasha • (2001) • poem by Tim Jones
• 186 • My Personal Universe • (2003) • poem by Mike Webber
• 188 • Space & Time • (1982) • poem by Bill Sewell