{"id":2123,"date":"2020-04-09T22:01:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:18:51","slug":"national-poetry-month-science-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/2020\/04\/09\/national-poetry-month-science-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"National Poetry Month: Science Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-300x232.png\" alt=\"Picture of a robin\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo-640x495.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2020\/04\/Robin-photo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>National Poetry Month: Science Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s National Poetry Month, so if you would like to explore poetry about science and take a break from the uncertainty of life living through COVID-19, then you have come to the right place. All of the poetry listed below relates to science, including biology, chemistry, earth &amp; environmental sciences, mathematics, and physics and astronomy. If you know of science poems that we could add to our list, you are welcome to email your suggestions to <a href=\"mailto:lib-sciences@uiowa.edu\">lib-sciences@uiowa.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Catanzano\u2019s \u201cWorld Lines: A Quantum Supercomputer Poem\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.aps.org\/articles\/v11\/103\">https:\/\/physics.aps.org\/articles\/v11\/103<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roald Hoffmann\u2019s \u201cFluorite\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/roaldhoffmann.com\/sites\/all\/files\/fluorite.pdf\">http:\/\/roaldhoffmann.com\/sites\/all\/files\/fluorite.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Halpern\u2019s \u201cPandemania\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/56108\/pandemania\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/56108\/pandemania<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miroslav Holub\u2019s \u201cBrief Reflection on Accuracy\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/51041\/brief-reflection-on-accuracy\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/51041\/brief-reflection-on-accuracy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Howe\u2019s \u201cRelativity,\u201d for Stephen Hawking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/08\/on-relativity\/\">https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/08\/on-relativity\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A. Van Jordan\u2019s &#8220;The Flash Reverses Time&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/52983\/the-flash-reverses-time\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/52983\/the-flash-reverses-time<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Clerk Maxwell\u2019s &#8220;To the Chief Musician upon Nabla: A Tyndallic Ode&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/45778\/to-the-chief-musician-upon-nabla-a-tyndallic-ode\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/45778\/to-the-chief-musician-upon-nabla-a-tyndallic-ode<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Langdon Smith\u2019s &#8220;Poems of Evolution&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/njp.32101072858507?urlappend=%3Bseq=5\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/njp.32101072858507?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juliana Spahr\u2019s \u201cIf You Were a Bluebird\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/granta.com\/if-you-were-a-bluebird\/\">https:\/\/granta.com\/if-you-were-a-bluebird\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria Terrone\u2019s \u201cMadame Curie\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/browse?volume=170&amp;issue=2&amp;page=13\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/browse?volume=170&amp;issue=2&amp;page=13<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sallie Wolf&#8217;s &#8220;The Robin Makes a Laughing Sound&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/91101\/the-robin-makes-a-laughing-sound\">https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/91101\/the-robin-makes-a-laughing-sound <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The following poems and poetry collections require HawkID authentication:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>John Allman\u2019s <em>Curve away from stillness: science poems<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21304944470002771\">https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21304944470002771<\/a> (Hawkeyes can request a PDF of a book chapter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Philip Appleman\u2019s<em> Darwin&#8217;s ark: poems<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.b4449534\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.b4449534<\/a> (You must log in through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/emergency-access-to-copyrighted-books\/\">University of Iowa Libraries HathiTrust Emergency Access<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linda Bierds\u2019 <em>First hand: poems <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015060839589\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015060839589<\/a> (You must log in through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/emergency-access-to-copyrighted-books\/\">University of Iowa Libraries HathiTrust Emergency Access<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ron Louie&#8217;s \u201cHandwashing 0347\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/jamanetwork-com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2685991?resultClick=1\">https:\/\/login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/jamanetwork-com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2685991?resultClick=1<\/a> (Requires HawkID login)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rick Mullin\u2019s <em>Sonnets from the Voyage of the Beagle<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21474189660002771\">https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21474189660002771<\/a> (Hawkeyes can request a PDF of a book chapter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruth Padel\u2019s <em>Darwin: a life in poems<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21323792310002771\">https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/permalink\/f\/9i2ftm\/01IOWA_ALMA21323792310002771<\/a> (Hawkeyes can request a PDF of a book chapter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Pereira\u2019s <em>Saying the world <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015060006569\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015060006569<\/a> (You must log in through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/emergency-access-to-copyrighted-books\/\">University of Iowa Libraries HathiTrust Emergency Access<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack Ridl\u2019s <em>Broken symmetry <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015063360237\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/mdp.39015063360237<\/a> (You must log in through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/emergency-access-to-copyrighted-books\/\">University of Iowa Libraries HathiTrust Emergency Access<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help accessing these books or finding other items in the UI Libraries collection, email us (<a href=\"mailto:lib-sciences@uiowa.edu\">lib-sciences@uiowa.edu<\/a>) any time, or live chat (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/sciences\/contact\/\">www.lib.uiowa.edu\/sciences\/contact\/<\/a>) with us Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Poetry Month: Science Edition It\u2019s National Poetry Month, so if you would like to explore poetry about science and take a break from the uncertainty of life living through COVID-19, then you have come to the right place. 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