"Knapsack Poems: A Goxhat Travel Journal" is a 2002 science fiction short story by Eleanor Arnason. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction.
The multiple bodies of a traveling Goxhat poet find themselves in a very dangerous situation.
"Knapsack Poems" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2002,[1] and included on the Honor List for the 2002 Otherwise Award.[2]
Strange Horizons emphasized that the story demonstrates "the ability [of science fiction] to imagine the world in some other way,"[3] while the SF Site noted its "relentless humour and strangeness".[4] Tangent Online praised its "imagination" and "sly comments about the life of a poet", calling it "so much fun to read".[5]