I am delighted to report that I have 119 Elemental Haiku in Science, one haiku for each element in the periodic table! I believe this is the first time I’ve had my poetry appear in a scientific publication 🙂 I note that the haiku are primarily scientific / whimsical in nature, rather than being science fiction or fantasy.

The haiku are available online in a wonderful interactive periodic table, where different haiku appear as you mouse over the elements. I’m also interviewed in this week’s Science podcast.

N.B. I used a loose interpretation of haiku, so, for example, I believe there are a grand total of zero seasonal references.

Polu Texni just accepted a science fiction poem of mine, “The Secret Life of a Toaster.” It will be my second appearance in Polu Texni.

Catching up after a family vacation: I am happy to report that I had four poems accepted and one poem published while I was away. My poems “Treebound” and “Monster: Puppeteer” will appear in Apex Magazine, “What War Is Like” will appear in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, and “Lotus Moon” will appear in Mythic Delirium 🙂 Of these, “Monster: Puppeteer” and “Lotus Moon” are both part of The Sign of the Dragon. My poem “The Travelers” was reprinted in issue #25 of Eye to the Telescope (the poem first appeared in the Magazine of Speculative Poetry). Lastly, I now have a Twitter account: @MarySoonLee.

My poem Not Like This, first published in Apex Magazine, has won 3rd place in the 2017 Rhysling Awards in the long poem category 🙂 🙂

Also, my poem “Bespeaking: Riddles” is in the Summer 2017 issue of Star*Line. It’s a poem from The Sign of the Dragon featuring the dragon.

My poem “Unsaid” has been accepted for the September issue of Uppagus. It’s a poem that about King Xau and his second wife, one that I am fond of.

My poem “Elemental” has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 🙂

My poem “Dragon Mountain” has been accepted by Heroic Fantasy Quarterly 🙂 It will be my fifth poem from The Sign of the Dragon to appear there. It’s a poem from the perspective of Li, captain of Xau’s guards, and also features both Xau and the dragon.

My poem Between is online in Uppagus. It’s my fifth poem from The Sign of the Dragon to appear there 🙂

I’ve just returned from a trip to England to visit relatives, and I have several items to report:

• My poem “Venus, As It Might Have Been” has been accepted by Analog 🙂 This is my third piece to be accepted by Analog this year, the other two being flash fiction.
• My poem “The Travelers” has been accepted for the next issue of Eye to the Telescope. The poem first appeared in the Magazine of Speculative Poetry back in 2003.
• My poem Tirron is in the Summer 2017 issue of Mirror Dance. The poem is part of the King Xau epic (though not a poem with Xau in it).
• My poem On Reading O’Brian appeared in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

My light poem The End of the Line is online at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 🙂