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Basking No More
Double fins paintzigs and zagson saline canvas sheets,tips and tails snakingoffshore rhymesthat converge in truthbeneath those broken,haunted waves.Moving…
Feb 25, 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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Deadly Nails
Give me your handas I mask my concerns,sit back and relaxwith worries about skinas I remove old polish(how we talk)trim the nails,and reproduce.Buff the…
Feb 18, 2022
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Lingering Smoke
Stubborn stainsswirl across the room,as yellowed rugsand mottled drapesswish callouslyin stifling draftsof vice.Surfaces soakedforever in theselfish wisps ofmemories longsince lost.
Feb 11, 2022
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The Ancient Resilience of Trees
In aged woods you lie,bodies bentwith windand rotand time.Withered rootsentwine the soil,labyrinths of memoriesthat bind you to your pastand future…
Feb 4, 2022
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Plastic Snow
At the top of the worldyou sparkle with seclusion,sheathed in winter’s bladefrom the grubby tracksof those tainted,foul machines.But something hiddenlurks…
Jan 28, 2022
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Breaking Novel Boundaries
Countless contaminantspour forth from progressinto organic systemsthat purred with life.Every novel entitya jagged cogcatching the fabricof our planet’sgreat machine.A seamless constructworn down by thepernicious intentof a thousand cutsand tears.
Jan 21, 2022
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Uneven Water
Swirling underground,invisible toxinsleach into view.Potent cocktailsof mismanaged wastethat ebband driftand flow.
Jan 14, 2022
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Experience of Violence
Thank you fortaking the time toreflecton the proximitiesto violencein your lifeand social networks.
Jan 7, 2022
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Scratched into the Past
Greying apparitionsscurry silentlydown hirsute paths,nestled amongstthe cloying warmthof flaking skin.Their crude cementseepsacross the contoursof our ancient scalps,fixing oval shellsbetween seamsof folded fleshand swaying stalks.
Dec 31, 2021
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Magnetic Tides
Surging through the spray,swelling handscast salty netsthrough unseen lines.Stripes of shaded powerthat bulgeand swingand sway.
Dec 24, 2021
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Close as a Clam
We scavenge the coastlines,in search ofliving, low-tech toolsthat carry within themthe promise ofour climate’s pastand future tense.
Dec 17, 2021
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Lighter Migration
Clouds of feathers light up the sky, downy rainbows of keratin that flicker in the sun-kissed breeze.
Dec 10, 2021
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Water Falling Still
Cascading from rocky peaks,you plunge into view,flowing like a faninto streamsand lakesand lives.
Dec 3, 2021
Science Poems
Shattered Magnetism
Cloaked in weathered loam fraying edges sink from view, the violence of a distant past now hidden in the horsetails that lie littered in decay.
Nov 26, 2021