Apprehend all you can
of her singular nature,
the rumors of our origin.
Wonder at her works,
the weight and light and height
of the universe she wrought.
Observe an eon's silence,
hand over heart,
hearing the echo of her passing:
that relic radiation
written in microwaves,
fading into eternity.
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for thirty years. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers' Award and the Rhysling Award. The first print edition of her epic-fantasy-told-in-poems, The Sign of the Dragon, was published in January 2025. She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com) and an equally cryptic BlueSky account (@marysoonlee.bsky.social).
