Centre for Poetry and Science
One of the first x-ray images made by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, showing the bones in his wife's hand.
The University of Liverpool's Centre for Poetry and Science is a forum to facilitate discussion about the relationship between those two traditionally opposed subjects, poetry and science.
The site will provide new poetry, commentary, newly commissioned essays and interviews with leading poets and scientists.
What's New
A new poem by Noel Duffy, "Rock Ammonite" from his collection In the Library of Lost Objects (2011), is now available in the poetry section.
Featured Poem
Rock Ammonite by Noel Duffy
'they are a kind of double-image of the notion of permanence, giving us both a glimpse of what they were as living things, and their concrete existence in the present as "little earth-memories".'
Essays and Interviews
Alison Mark explores the use of science in the poetry of Veronica Forrest-Thomson and Sharon Ruston draws on John Aiken and Anna Barbauld to consider "The Application of Natural History to Poetry".
Read more essays and interviews >>
Coming Soon
We will also be publishing a new interview with poet Lavinia Greenlaw.
Andrew Michael Roberts will review Robert Crawford's recently edited book of essays Contemporary Poetry and Contemporary Science.
