Guest Poetry
Guest Post: Our Sisters
Let grief be her final Expression of love O angels, free swiftly The heart’s aching tug In stoic resilience She fought to survive With proud inclination Our…
Mar 8, 2016
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Sam Illingworth
Contributor
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.
Science Poems
Lost Echoes of Some Young Yet Ancient Star
Fast radio bursts come from outer space, We measure them and try to plot their trace; First thought to be some cataclysmic scar, Lost echoes of some young yet ancient star.
Mar 4, 2016
Science Poems
If Bowie were a Scientist
If Bowie were a scientist He’d have colonized the moon, And built an elevator That would have us there by noon.
Feb 25, 2016
Science Poems
You Need to Sate Your Thirst with One More Drop
We know that smoking pot can change your mind, That alcohol can wreck not just your life; A link between the two has been defined: More ganja leads to more drinking and strife.
Feb 18, 2016
Science Poems
Guest Post: The Gravity Poem
It was She in the singularity, who showed Her face at the beginning of time, who in the muted cacophonous explosion danced the guapacha.
Feb 17, 2016
Science Poems
Our Universe Beats Like a Heart
LIGO has found waves without light, In finding them Einstein was right; General laws of his were smart, Our Universe beats like a heart.
Feb 12, 2016
Science Poems
You Were Once a Star
So you were once a star that could not shine; Your mass too low, reactions could not start.
Feb 5, 2016
Science Poems
Rough in Love
The African fruit fly is rough in love, The male uses his organ like a sword; Its rough edges will cut as it does shove Into the partner he chooses to board.
Jan 28, 2016
Science Poems
Are We to Blame for What We Risk?
Walk in and put it all on red, You’ll win it all or loose your head; Your fate rests with that spinning disk, Are we to blame for what we risk?
Jan 22, 2016
Science Poems
Do We Manipulate the Way We Sound?
When we first hear the way that others speak, Do we manipulate the way we sound?
Jan 14, 2016
Science Poems
Flowers for Mosquitos
The Asian tiger mosquito’s a pest, It’s a vector of death-causing disease; In urban locations it makes its nest, And whilst the sun is up it flies and feeds.
Jan 7, 2016
Science Poems
A Fish Will Not Find Home Before It Dies
Ocean acidity is on the rise, With many repercussions such as that A fish will not find home before it dies.
Dec 18, 2015
Science Poems
Forever Blowing Bubbles
With drips and bursts and streams from their blowholes Beluga whales blow bubbles in the sea; The air encases liquid as it roles Languidly from their choice of…
Dec 10, 2015
Science Poems
The Machine Gun
Hiram Maxim was born in Maine, Embarking down a path which that Gave us a gun that bore his name, Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat.
Dec 3, 2015