details

I read ahead on the Writer’s Almanac site to the poem for Saturday: “Hum” by Mary Oliver. Maybe it’s all the honey I’ve been having in my tea lately, or my recent visit to an online exhibit called Listen, but I lingered on “Hum”, reading it twice, thinking about the bees and the details I stop to notice – and wondering about those I miss. What are the details you noticed today and which of your senses drew you to notice them? I imagine Mary Oliver is as attuned to nature as the wildlife tracker in the exhibit.

science and poetry

I’ve been working with two Biopsychology classes this week and this made me wonder about the intersection of science and poetry. I ran across an interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey and Jill Chan on qarrtsiluni, an online lit mag. Along with the interview, the post features a poem by each poet that reflects her passion for science (Hall Gailey was a biology major, Chan a chemistry major). The post is part of group of posts from 2005 that share the topic of science as poetry.