Poetry
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Why Not Knowing: Defending our small islands, filled with the warm light of meaning and purpose
Into this Universe, and Why not knowing,Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing.…
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The Funny Side of Cancer: JBS Haldane’s poem on colorectal cancer
He – literally – dove into danger to study life’s mysteries, from the depths of the sea to the edge of the stars. His mind…
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Playing With the Sun As With a Little Brook: Girl Lithe and Tawny
Girl lithe and tawny, the sun forms the fruits, that plumps the grains, that curls seaweeds filled your body with joy, and your luminous eyes…
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Mammals are Prose; Birds are Poetry
It dawned on me that my species probably does not really know the half of it about beauty. Not like the birds do and other…
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Where the Mountains are Nameless: The Spell of the Yukon
There’s a land where the mountains are nameless, And the rivers all run God knows where; There are lives that are erring and aimless, And…
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Star Bowl Spinning Overhead: Night Poem by Kim Stanley Robinson
Writing by starlight Can’t see the words Fill a page Nothing there Waterfall distant sound Tree against stars Milky Way Juniper Jupiter white rock Wind…
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