Miguel O. Mitchell
@miguelmitchell.bsky.social
Speculative poet, Editor-in-Chief/Co-Founder of SpecPoVerse, SFF author, visual artist, Chemistry PhD, retired chemistry professor/research scientist, science editor, poetry anthology editor, cinemaphile, bibliophile, amateur baker and chef
I set up a copper electroplating a key experiment as a hands-on STEM activity for students at Baker Middle School students, and I realized that I never got to do fun, practical stuff like this in college. Why did they avoid the useful, interesting experiments?
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I set up a copper electroplating a key experiment as a hands-on STEM activity for students at Baker Middle School students, and I realized that I never got to do fun, practical stuff like this in college. Why did they avoid the useful, interesting experiments?
As SpecPoVerse is starting its second year of publication, I encourage folks to donate to keep it going. The zine is sustained by my side gig, and all the money I make is paid to poets and to keep the website around. Any amount helps. Thank you for your support!
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January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
As SpecPoVerse is starting its second year of publication, I encourage folks to donate to keep it going. The zine is sustained by my side gig, and all the money I make is paid to poets and to keep the website around. Any amount helps. Thank you for your support!
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Cardamom orange almond cookies
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Cardamom orange almond cookies
Just baked cardamom orange almond cookies. Very tasty!
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Just baked cardamom orange almond cookies. Very tasty!
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
SpecPoVerse is completing its first year of poetry publication with the launch of Vol. 1, Issue 3 just after 12 midnight (2400 hrs) EST tonight:
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Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
SpecPoVerse is completing its first year of poetry publication with the launch of Vol. 1, Issue 3 just after 12 midnight (2400 hrs) EST tonight:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
@acadialogue.bsky.social So, how would I get a travel fellowship to visit you at your university, perhaps to co-facilitate a cross-cultural speculative poetry workshop or other interesting venture?
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@acadialogue.bsky.social So, how would I get a travel fellowship to visit you at your university, perhaps to co-facilitate a cross-cultural speculative poetry workshop or other interesting venture?
I received the wonderful news today that my scifaiku won Second Place in the 2025 Halloween Haiku Challenge.
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
Halloween Horror Haiku
A place for people who love Halloween, horror, and haiku.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I received the wonderful news today that my scifaiku won Second Place in the 2025 Halloween Haiku Challenge.
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!
SpecPoVerse has recordings of poets readings their poems from Vol. 1, Issues 1 and 2 (more coming for Issue 2).
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
SpecPoVerse has recordings of poets readings their poems from Vol. 1, Issues 1 and 2 (more coming for Issue 2).
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Tonight at midnight EST, SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 will launch online! This issue contains amazing verse from poets around the world with themes from science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. As always, SpecPoVerse is free! I hope you enjoy it.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tonight at midnight EST, SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 will launch online! This issue contains amazing verse from poets around the world with themes from science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. As always, SpecPoVerse is free! I hope you enjoy it.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
My poem "Sound healing" is being published in the Sauuti Terrors anthology, pre-orders available at $26.99 for 1/20/2026 launch. The Sauutiverse is an Africancentric cosmology with sound-based magic mixed with science in a solar system with five planets.
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Sauu ti Terrors Short Stories|Hardcover
A powerful dark science fiction collection in a stunning edition, bringing back the revolutionary Afrocentric Sauútiverse.Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us a p...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My poem "Sound healing" is being published in the Sauuti Terrors anthology, pre-orders available at $26.99 for 1/20/2026 launch. The Sauutiverse is an Africancentric cosmology with sound-based magic mixed with science in a solar system with five planets.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
Selfie with SFPA Grandmaster poet Linda D. Addison who signed my copy of her spectacular poetry book "Everything Endless" (co-authored with the amazing Jamal Hodge)
August 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Selfie with SFPA Grandmaster poet Linda D. Addison who signed my copy of her spectacular poetry book "Everything Endless" (co-authored with the amazing Jamal Hodge)
September 1st is coming up fast! Get your speculative poems ready to submit to SpecPoVerse for Volume 1, Issue 3.
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Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
September 1st is coming up fast! Get your speculative poems ready to submit to SpecPoVerse for Volume 1, Issue 3.
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specpoverse.org/submission
Sold all my copies of Surrealia at Seattle Worldcon plus more with folks using the QR code on my T-shirt.
August 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sold all my copies of Surrealia at Seattle Worldcon plus more with folks using the QR code on my T-shirt.
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social Just so you know, I'm going to campaign hard to have you invited to Balticon 60 during Memorial Day weekend.
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Balticon 59 | Baltimore's Science Fiction Convention
Whether you love science with your fiction or costumes with your books, at Balticon we do too! Join 1500+ fans of all backgrounds to celebrate Science Fiction and Fantasy with 300+ hours of diverse pr...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social Just so you know, I'm going to campaign hard to have you invited to Balticon 60 during Memorial Day weekend.
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
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You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1B3g...
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1B3g...
I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Science Fiction Poetry Association
Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
www.sfpoetry.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Book recommendation if you like subversive takes on myths:
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
July 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Book recommendation if you like subversive takes on myths:
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
SpecPoVerse received 196 poetry submissions for Volume 1, Issue 2, coming out 8/31/2025. Check out the wonderful verse in Volume 1, Issue 1:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
SpecPoVerse received 196 poetry submissions for Volume 1, Issue 2, coming out 8/31/2025. Check out the wonderful verse in Volume 1, Issue 1:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Cyberhaunt
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
July 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Cyberhaunt
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Listen to the fragrances
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
June 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Listen to the fragrances
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet