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Is This the End?
Is this the end of everything you were? A burst of light, a hurried, fractious blur.
Nov 10, 2017
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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Hidden in the Forest
We rip apart the Earth on which we stand, Try tame the wild for all that we have planned; Now caught up in our thoughts and ‘expertise,’ Expose ourselves to buried-deep disease.
Nov 3, 2017
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You Shed Your Brain for Winter
The taste of winter lingers in the air, As distant cousins, all head off to sleep; Yet you are wide awake and have no lair, Instead your body slowly starts to seep.
Oct 27, 2017
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Schrodinger’s Hippopotamus
Your pearly whites gleam in the midday sun, But soon your eyes will close and you will sleep; There will be no dreams behind your eyelids, Only the cool steel of the artist’s knife.
Oct 6, 2017
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Plastic Food
The oceans are awash with our debris, As plastics from our lives flow down the drain And travel down hewn channels to the sea, Where laced with man-made poisons they remain.
Sep 27, 2017
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A Nasal Quorum
You prowl and sniff the air around your pack, With outsized ears you wear just like a crown Atop a cloak of matted, mottled brown; The silence summons heckles on your back.
Sep 15, 2017
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Unwanted Feedback
Sunbeams two-step over white blankets Gliding painlessly between worlds, Then stray too close to the edge Where looming Arctic waves Trap their latent heat; Ending the dance, And leaving Only Sea.
Sep 7, 2017
Bloggers
You All Fall Down
Balanced on a rock Orange sneezeweed in your mouth; You drop in the heat. A pika will collect piles of wildflowers, laying them out in the sun’s heat to…
Sep 1, 2017
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Don’t HIIT too Hard
Hormones are made when we keep fit, Inside our bodies they emit; Imbuing us with strength unbarred, Try not to push yourself too hard.
Aug 25, 2017
Bloggers
A Collective Noun for Science
A valley in the sands of time, Beyond a place, a paradigm; A confluence, a new frontier, Where science breaks the bonds of fear.
Aug 18, 2017
Bloggers
A Distant Dawn
The empty cupboards of our Universe Are filled with neutral cobwebs of potential; All of them waiting for an opportunity To blaze into life and burn away the haze.
Jul 28, 2017
Science Poems
Your Cup of Tea?
For inflammation to decrease, And tumour progression to cease; There might be a surprising key: Just go and have a cup of tea.
Jun 2, 2017
Science Poems
The Veins of Mars
Your crater stands abandoned in the dirt, As thirsty dreams evaporate for good; Beneath your dusty surface pressures spurt, Leaving behind deposits in the mud.
Aug 12, 2016
Science Poems
Forbidden Dreams
You cast off with a heavy heart, A flash of bloodshot as you leap; And even though this is the start, The ocean waves call you to sleep.
Aug 5, 2016