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Russet light
Climb up that steep hill There are no hedges, no tracks A rural, russet light is sure to delight us Reach the far summit There is a...
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Poetry & chemistry as form
This free event should be fun! See https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-chemistry-as-form-tickets-151937716801
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Fruit on ‘Spilling Cocoa’ blog
Please enjoy my poem ‘Fruit’ on the Spilling Cocoa over Martin Amis blog: https://www.spillingcocoa.com/fruit-by-stephen-wren/?fbclid=IwA...
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Tell me something podcast
Really pleased to be included here (my reading of my poem Magnificent): https://anchor.fm/tell-me-something/episodes/Tell-Me-Something---...
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Destruction of prostaglandins
A switch of hydroxyl groups then loss of water. All because of acid. Double bonds move. Switch two involves a base. Loss of enol protons...
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A bacterial cell wall’s view of penicillin
I'm very pleased to announce that this new poem has been published in Issue 4 of Consilience: https://www.consilience-journal.com/issue-4...
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Dipoles
Hi - This poem is a chemistry one that will form part of a new collection that I'm working on.. Dipoles Linus Pauling was a savvy fellow....
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Blue stars
I'm so pleased that this poem was included in the new SciPo anthology (Angled by the Flood) which was launched last week. See here:...
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Versions of truth in february
Two truths, two perceptions. Frozen in morning rain. The tree appears green but my dog sees yellowish-brown leaves. The tree absorbs blue...
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Vinblastine (reading)
Hi All, You can hear me read Vinblastine at the launch of the wonderful Consilience exhibition by following the link below:...
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Magnificence
Tongs gripped the elements in air Alkali metals Alkaline earths My teacher pulled some out of oil He said barium burns ‘apple green’ He...
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Bloodshot Beetle (an invented insect)
Armour keeps you safe. Red ommochromes make you throb against the languid, green setting. Arbour. Circles. Body shelter that darkens in...
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The cheating can run off this season
Peahen, your inventive design upsets Reasoning. The sensors in your crest are acoustic eyes, meshed like the southern Parkes Observatory....
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Intent on purple (reading)
Hi All. My poet friend Elsa Hammond tells me that the recording of the Hatchery of Shadows launch is now publicly available on the TORCH...
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Sapphire
Below the surface. The crushing. The heating stifles to mark out the volcanic process. Rocks are nearly squeezed into the same places....
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Opiate
Innate Morphine is made in poppies. A Reticuline epimer converts to Thebaine, and then enzymatic methyl group oxidation triggers a flow....
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Intent on purple
I'm so honoured to see one of my poems published in a new collection (edited by Elsa Hammond): https://torch.ox.ac.uk/article/new-scipo-p...
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Nature’s fabulous katydid
A gene mutation raises stocks of red pigment giving pink that shocks The colour defeats unmutated green in shows of melanin pomp
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