| Science poetry or scientific poetry is a
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| | science nevertheless the subject matter,
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| specialized poetic genre that makes use
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| | and there is often a greater relationship
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| of science as its subject. Written by
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| | between poetry and science than either
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| scientists and nonscientists, science
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| | poets and/or scientists admit.
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| poets are generally avid readers and
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| | Creativity and romance can be in both, as
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| appreciators of science and "science
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| | can the intellectual and the
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| matters." Science poetry may be found in
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| | mathematical. Both can be aesthetic and
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| anthologies, in collections, in science
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| | logical. Or both can be nonaesthetic and
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| fiction magazines that sometimes include
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| | nonlogical, depending on the type of
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| poetry, in other magazines and journals.
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| | science and the type of poetry.Science
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| Many science fiction magazines, including
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| | poetry takes it subject from scientific
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| online magazines, such as Strange
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| | measurements to scientific symbols to
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| Horizons, often publish science fiction
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| | time & space to biology to chemistry to
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| poetry, another form of science poetry.
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| | physics to astronomy to earth science
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| Of course science fiction poetry is a
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| | geology to meteorology to environmental
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| somewhat different genre. Online there
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| | science to computer science to
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| is the Science Poetry Center for those
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| | engineering/technical science. It may
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| interested in science poetry, and for
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| | also take its subject from scientists
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| those interested in science fiction
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| | themselves, from Brahmagypta to Einstein,
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| poetry The Science Fiction Poetry
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| | from Galileo to Annie Cannon. It may
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| Association. In addition, there's
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| | speak to specific types of scientists in
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| Science Fiction Poetry Handbook and
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| | general as Goethe "True Enough: To the
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| Ultimate Science Fiction Poetry Guide,
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| | Physicist" in the Ferris anthology.
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| all found online. Strange Horizons has
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| | (Subsequent poets mentioned are also from
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| published the science fiction poetry of
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| | this anthology.)Science poetry may make
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| Joanne Merriam, Gary Lehmann and Mike
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| | use of many forms or any form from
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| Allen.As for science poetry, science or
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| | lyrical to narrative to sonnet to
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| scientific poets like science fiction
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| | dramatic monologue to free verse to light
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| poets may also publish collections of
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| | verse to haiku to villanelle, from poetry
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| poetry in almost any stylistic format.
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| | for children or adults or both, for the
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| Science or scientific poets, like other
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| | scientist for the nonscientist or both.
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| poets, must know the "art and craft" of
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| | John Frederick Nims has written for
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| poetry, and science or scientific poetry
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| | example, "The Observatory Ode." ("The
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| appears in all the poetic forms: free
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| | Universe: We'd like to understand.")
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| verse, blank verse, metrical, rhymed,
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| | There are poems that rhyme, poems that
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| unrhymed, abstract and concrete, ballad,
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| | don't rhythme. There's "concrete poetry"
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| dramatic monologue, narrative, lyrical,
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| | such as Annie Dillard's "The Windy
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| etc. All the poetic devices are in use
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| | Planet" in which the poem in in the shape
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| also, from alliteration to apostrophe to
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| | of a planet, from "pole" to "pole," an
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| pun to irony and understatement, to every
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| | inventive poem. "Chaos Theory" even
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| poetic diction, figures of speech and
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| | becomes the subject of poetry as in
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| rhythm, etc. Even metaphysical
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| | Wallace Stevens' "The Connoisseur of
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| scientific poetry is possible. In his
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| | Chaos."And what of your science and/or
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| anthology, The World Treasury of Physics,
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| | scientific poem? Think of all the
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| Astronomy, and Mathematics, editor
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| | techniques of poetry and all the
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| Timothy Ferris aptly includes a section
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| | techniques of science. What point of
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| entitled "The Poetry of Science." Says
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| | view should you use? Third person?
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| Ferris in the introduction to this
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| | First person, a dramatic monologue? Does
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| section, "Science (or the 'natural
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| | a star speak? Or the universe itself?
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| philosophy' from which science evolved)
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| | Does a sound wave speak? Or a
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| has long provided poets with raw
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| | micrometer? Can you personify radio
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| material, inspiring some to praise
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| | astronomy?What are the main themes, the
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| scientific ideas and others to react
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| | rhythms? What figures of speech,
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| against them."Such greats as Milton,
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| | metaphors, similes, metaphor, can be
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| Blake, Wordsworth, Goethe either praised
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| | derived from science. What is your
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| or "excoriated" science and/or a
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| | attitude toward science and these
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| combination of both. This continued into
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| | scientific matters?Read. Revise. Think.
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| the twentieth century with such poets as
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| | Proofread. Revise again. Shall you
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| Marianne Moore, T. S. Eliot, Robinson
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| | write of evolution, of the atom, of
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| Jeffers, Robert Frost and Robert Hayden
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| | magnetism? Of quanta, of the galaxies,
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| (e.g. "Full Moon"--"the brilliant
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| | of the speed of sound, of the speed of
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| challenger of rocket experts") not to
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| | light? Of Kepler's laws? Shall you
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| mention many of the lesser known poets,
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| | write of the history of science? Of
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| who nevertheless maintain a poetic
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| | scientific news?Read all the science you
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| response to scientific matters. Says
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| | can.
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| Ferris, "This is not to say that
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| | Read all the poetry you can.You are a
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| scientists should try to emulate poets,
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| | poet.
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| or that poets should turn proselytes for
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| | You are a scientist.
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| science....But they need each other, and
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| | What have you to say of the astronomer,
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| the world needs both." Included in his
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| | the comet, of arcturus, of star-sirls, of
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| anthology along with the best scientific
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| | galaxies, of molecular evolution, of
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| prose/essays are the poets Walt Whitman
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| | atomic architecture, of "planck time" to
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| ("When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"),
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| | allude to other poetic titles.What does
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| Gerard Manley Hopkins "("I am Like a Slip
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| | poetry say to science?
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| of Comet..."), Emily Dickinson
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| | What does science say to poetry?Susan
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| ("Arcturus"), Robinson Jeffers
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| | Shaw is a freelance writer and web
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| ("Star-Swirls"), Richard Ryan ("Galaxy"),
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| | content writer. Her articles and web
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| James Clerk Maxwell ("Molecular
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| | content appear online.
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| Evolution"), John Updike ("Cosmic Gall"),
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| | Susan Shaw is an affiliate of The Book
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| Diane Ackerman ("Space Shuttle") and
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| | Store/The Science Library, (For The
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| others.Certainly those writing scientific
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| | Science Library, put "Science" in their
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| poetry like those writing science fiction
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| | search engine.
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| need not praise all of science, but
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