Xibirisms (Experimental Epic)
Category: Mythopoetic Poetry-Prose
Recognition: Honorable Mention, 2022 SFPA Poetry Contest
Status: Unpublished / Looking for a home
Xibirisms is an experimental poetry-prose epic spanning approximately 55 pages across 7 cantos. It explores themes of celestial battle, divinity, and the architecture of myth within a deep-space context.
Production Context
The work was drafted in less than 3 months (approximately 6 months from first concept to final competition entry). It began as a physical paper draft, written as a form of “word vomit” to capture raw mythopoetic energy before being refined into its final structured form.
Structure and Style
The work is primarily composed in iambic pentameter, utilizing the classical rhythm to ground its high-concept subject matter. However, the meter is intentionally fractured at key junctures, replaced by pseudo-code structures and algorithmic reading patterns.
- 7 Cantos: A structured descent into the mythos.
- Pseudo-Code Breaks: Representing the intersection of divine logic and computational reality.
- Mythopoetic Scale: Dealing with the birth and conflict of gods across the interstellar void.
Xibirisms is currently being expanded with additional content beyond the core poetry-prose epic.