Mari Ness is a poet and a blogger at Tor.com.
Poetry, fantasy and science fiction have long been deeply intertwined. Some of the earliest myths were sung, not spoken, in resonant verse that still echoes today. Shakespeare combined poetry and fairies, as did Spenser – in highly popular entertainments.
And yet somewhere along the line, a gulf appeared and widened between poetry and prose in science fiction. As a result, ...Read More