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Artificial Rhythms
Turning from the sunour planet tries to sleep,its marbled surface blemishedby the humming needof a billion pinpricks of light.Snoozing saplings start to stir…
Jun 17, 2022
Writer at Science Blog
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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Invasive Singing
Plump and yellowbabblers lie in wait,their sleek red billslined up in rowslike restless recruitswaiting to march.Warming skiessign advance,as cottage…
Jun 10, 2022
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Immature Vapers
Batteries ignite, crafting aerosols from liquid scum to breathe, and sniff, and vape.
Jun 4, 2022
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Diverse Bumbling
We map your presenceacross field and pasture,tracing flights of fancyfrom marsh and mireto gardens,hedges,lanes.Across freshwater edgesyou weave your dance…
May 27, 2022
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Supernovae in the Stones
Twisted in a spiral of spite,two stars collide in pain –shockwaves of remorsethat echo over lengthsonce impossibleto fathom.Seared in desperate ragethese…
May 20, 2022
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Death in the Shipping Lanes
Greys and whites split the sea,mottled flecks of creamthat simmer in the surf,hinting at the beaststhat lurk beneath.Metallic vessels tower overhead,global…
May 13, 2022
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Unhealthy Debts
The lecture theatre hums its tune,a thousand nascent dreamsgroping for space betweenthe dog-eared texts oflessons learnt and lapsed.Knowledge markedin double…
May 6, 2022
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Dead Red Tides
Creeping coils of rustseep across the sea –bands of coloured crudbuoyed by build-ups ofour chemical excess.Irritation,choking,prying,aggregation,soaking,dying.Drowning in the flowthat bleeds beyondthe edges ofour broken shore.
Apr 29, 2022
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Blind in the Mind
Auroras of whiteskim forehead moons,quivers of lightthat push and pullat the edgesof your optics.As shifting spheresdance with easeacross a bounded stageof sight.
Apr 22, 2022
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The Decline of Animal Rights
Predator,pest,prey.Categoriesof us and themas we meat and greetour animal companions,turning moral somersaultsto square the circleof our consumption.Ascribe…
Apr 15, 2022
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Sustainable Fruit
Across lowland peatand flooded woodsyou sway,rounded crownspiercing canopieswith chestnut orbsthat flicker in the sun.Juices,jams,wines,ice creams,roofs and…
Apr 8, 2022
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Deadly Diets
Carbon copied cornlines up to fill the shelves,a litany of yellowmangled intonauseating rainbowsof our globalised excess.Colours of artifice,carefully…
Apr 1, 2022
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Greening Healthcare
Cast from beds unmade,weary bones and aching heartscry out for some return.A thousand shades of greendrowned by waves of stilted grey,high-water marks of…
Mar 25, 2022
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Colours of Distant Life
A vibrancy fans outacross the bay,blues and greenstipping over into redsand cannot-be-seens;vivid signaturessketched out in bandsacross the frozen,broken…
Mar 18, 2022