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Forecasting Day Length
Stood at ease we travelrestlessly through thestillness of space,apprenticed nomadsblindsided by thefluctuationsof our approach.Motions exchangedfrom roving…
Oct 7, 2022
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Sam Illingworth
Sam is a Professor in Creative Pedagogies. His research is concerned with trying to engage and empower people with science, especially those from under-served communities. He writes science poems to try and communicate some of the beautiful and important scientific research that is being done on a daily basis, all across the world.
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Fruitful Gifts from Busy Bees
The trees stretch out of sight,acres of applespruned to perfectionover polished lawns –pedicured petals thatbloom prematurely.Barren cropsbeholden to…
Sep 30, 2022
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Water Stress
Liquid life seeps underground,flowing from mouth to mouthin filthy, unfit pipesthat leach,and bleed,and take.Municipal sinsspoiling the purityof water’s ritual…
Sep 26, 2022
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Science Poetry Friday! Bottlenose Alliance
Sleek frames glisten in the surf,iridescent blues and greysskimming waves withjutting beaksand toothy grins.Dorsal fins line up in pairsto start the dance…
Sep 2, 2022
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Tracing a Plague of Rabbits: Science Poetry Friday
Unwillingly you came.Ears and whiskerstorn from tunnels and hutsto give companyin stolen gardensat the very creasesof the world.Beneath wooden decksyou mixed…
Aug 26, 2022
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Draining the Water Tower
You stand as the roofof the world,granting flowing giftsof streams,and lakes,and life.Hemmed in by rugged pathsyour body creakswith ridges,crests,and faults…
Aug 19, 2022
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A Prevalence of Ringing
Spectral sounds vibrate in time,untouched bells that peal with rageacross the supposed soundscapesof our clattered, cluttered minds.Clicking,hissing,roaring…
Aug 12, 2022
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Junk Advertisements
Hordes of busy livesdescend into the depths,waiting in line to cruisemechanical capillariesto work,to home,to visit the Queen.Shapes of colourcatch the eye…
Aug 5, 2022
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Smoke in the Mountains
Sunk between the peaks,peaceful, sloping roofspoke gently from thesnow-white floor.Tiny flecks of amberlined up in rowsagainst the whistling soundsof winter’s…
Jul 29, 2022
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Pollutants on the Storm
After the floodsthe ruins return,spoiled sitesof contaminated wasteflushed outby cleansing watersof heavens’ rage.Filthy, muddied streakssmear their…
Jul 22, 2022
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Changing Sounds of the Blues
Ears to the floor,we listen for the end.Instruments attuned forevery threatening quaverof our malicious sonata.Submerged in sounda new song breaksbetween the…
Jul 15, 2022
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Rising Injustice
Buildings rise with the heat,pathetic monumentsto the wretched needsof the insatiable few.Stadia,hotels,offices,towers,parking lots:architectural follieslined…
Jul 8, 2022
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Ancient Life Off Earth
Beneath the cool embraceof bygone wavesyou grew.Not gasping,but rathersearching, for air.Your signatureevolving in theshifting pigmentsof your many-coloured…
Jul 1, 2022
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Smoky Milk
Summer’s drought erupts,as thirsty soils andcrowded scrubs ignite.Blistered winds tearacross the sky,dusting each breathwith heat,and soot,and blight.
Jun 24, 2022