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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This free event should be fun! See https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-chemistry-as-form-tickets-151937716801

Please enjoy my poem ‘Fruit’ on the Spilling Cocoa over Martin Amis blog: https://www.spillingcocoa.com/fruit-by-stephen-wren/?fbclid=IwA...

Really pleased to be included here (my reading of my poem Magnificent): https://anchor.fm/tell-me-something/episodes/Tell-Me-Something---...

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...

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...

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....

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:...

Two truths, two perceptions. Frozen in morning rain. The tree appears green but my dog sees yellowish-brown leaves. The tree absorbs blue...

Hi All, You can hear me read Vinblastine at the launch of the wonderful Consilience exhibition by following the link below:...

Tongs gripped the elements in air Alkali metals Alkaline earths My teacher pulled some out of oil He said barium burns ‘apple green’ He...

Armour keeps you safe. Red ommochromes make you throb against the languid, green setting. Arbour. Circles. Body shelter that darkens in...

Peahen, your inventive design upsets Reasoning. The sensors in your crest are acoustic eyes, meshed like the southern Parkes Observatory....

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...

Below the surface. The crushing. The heating stifles to mark out the volcanic process. Rocks are nearly squeezed into the same places....

Innate Morphine is made in poppies. A Reticuline epimer converts to Thebaine, and then enzymatic methyl group oxidation triggers a flow....

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...

A gene mutation raises stocks of red pigment giving pink that shocks The colour defeats unmutated green in shows of melanin pomp