The Migration of Darkness: New and Selected Science Fiction Poems, 1975-2020
The Migration of Darkness, named after the Rhysling Award-winning poem, is a new collection of Payack’s most well-known science fiction poems written over the last 45 years. This 110+ page book includes brand new poems, as well as some of Payack’s classics, which have previously appeared in publications ranging from The Paris Review to Asimov’s Science Fiction.
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The Award-Winning Poem
The poem, “The Migration of Darkness,” won the 1980 Rhysling Award for the Best Poem in Science Fiction, and was named the number one poem that unites art and science by Quirk Press. The London Based TES, (Times Educational Supplement) uses the poem as Chapter 15, in its “What is Science Fiction?” web based course. The poem is also one of four featured in the MasterClass “How To Write Specuative Poetry” article.
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