Reading Poetry: Einstein’s Relativity
One of the multiple ways of bridging poetry and STEM is to read science texts as if they were poetry. …
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Of Fruit Flies and Cherry Stems: Kimiko Hahn’s Engagement with the Science of Memory
The poems in Kimiko Hahn ‘s Brain Fever (2014) are the result of the poet’s engagement with science articles …
5 Questions
Why great? 2. Why a figure? 3. Where is the rain? 4. Who was on fire? 5.What now? …
Science of Arthur Sze’s “Ten Thousand to One”
Ten Thousand to One by Arthur Sze is another one of those poems I come back to over and over, …
The Darwin Sonnets: Writing thru the Voyage of the Beagle
I’ve started a new writing project, a series of sonnets inspired by Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle. I am not …
Love a Fortress: The Paper Nautilus and Logarithmic Structure in Marianne Moore’s Poetry
Marianne Moore’s poetry is filled with naturalist observations; of glaciers, chameleons, whales, elephants, lions, fish, peacocks, snails, and in the …
Light the Dark Chamber: Kay Ryan’s Pinhole
Kay Ryan’s tiny poems are consistent in their short lines and great depth. As if a commentary on the size …
Linnaeus : The 26 Sexual Practices of Plants- Emily Skillings
Linnaeus is given a flower to/hold, memorizes pictures by/their sounds, and is refused/access to a vital world of/touch. Lines …
Powder Keg Cosmos: Engage with the Universe
Cosmos: n. The universe seen as a well-ordered whole, a harmonious system. Powder Keg Magazine’s bonus issue Cosmos has a …
poem: Tell Them
Originally posted on Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner:
Tell Them I prepared the package for my friends in the states the dangling earrings woven…
