Trained to his will,
dark-hooded and jessed,
the falcon that gripped
King Arthur's gloved fist.
Harder to hold
the two by his side:
his brother-in-arms,
his soft-spoken bride.
Loosed from his hand,
the falcon took wing,
flew to her quarry,
returned to the king.
Loosed from his sight,
the two by his side
flew to each other
and broke his heart wide.
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).
