
Rewilding Fukushima
After the accident the forest returned, blanketing forsaken machinery in a gentle, unfamiliar embrace.
Jan 10, 2020
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.

After the accident the forest returned, blanketing forsaken machinery in a gentle, unfamiliar embrace.
Jan 10, 2020

In swathes of fractured colours you wheel across unbroken skies, a kaleidoscope of memory drifting between seasons; patterns shifting sensitively to the subtleties of scale.
Jan 3, 2020

Entrenched in an endless cycle of external consumption, the intractable habits of your daily transgressions castigate your presence; a scourge on the environment you inhabit.
Dec 27, 2019

Floating between distant horizons, you dance upon a fraying thread; turning somersaults as butterflies threaten to break free from the fragile anchor beneath your flailing feet.
Dec 20, 2019

Born into violence: the offspring of mixed aggressions, traces of sickly silver quickly infiltrate our atmosphere.
Dec 13, 2019

Between synthetic, parallel lines drawn across artificially constructed maps, the clouds begin to form.
Dec 6, 2019

Clamours of circuits compete to complete composite puzzles that compound their complexity.
Nov 29, 2019

Swaying steadily in kaleidoscopic fields, spectral fans reflect the turquoise light; their mottled aura straining spectra as warming oceans bleach branches and lighten latticework.
Nov 22, 2019

Synthetic fossils adjoin the coastline. Fallen into dirty piles they wait to be shucked clean of sand, and mud, and debris.
Nov 15, 2019

Drifting beside western coasts of uncovered continents, metallic leviathans stretch their sunken limbs.
Nov 8, 2019

Submerged beneath sediments of ancient ash and bone, the variety of absence suggests the magnitude of loss; high-precision ageing unearthing fountains that loom above the scene of the crime.
Nov 1, 2019

Anthropogenic biomes cascade Across natural networks, Swarming across this backdrop With assumed transcendence.
Oct 25, 2019

Looking down on jaded canopies, Blinded eyes quickly cast their Milky gaze across logging That persists without permission And wildfires that raze without…
Oct 18, 2019

Beneath dusted peaks of mountain dew A dense and rigid backcloth skulks, Worn down and compacted with Fractured decades of aged powder; Trodden into rocky outcrops To lie barrenly against This frozen, ancient soil.
Oct 11, 2019