Gathering evidence / Caoilinn Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Caoilinn, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Poetry.

Science.

Scientists.

Scientists--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

60 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Carcanet, 2014.

Summary:

With pinpoint accuracy, virtuosity and humour, Caoilinn Hughes aligns scientific and poetic venturing. In this striking debut collection she focuses on moments of discovery, from the first controlled nuclear reaction to the shape of an avalanche as witnessed from its catchment area. These are epiphanies with consequences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Avalanche 11

Gathering Evidence 13

The Transit of Venus 15

Pacific Rim 16

The Moon Should Be Turned 17

King of the Castle 18

This Is What Makes It Go Bang 21

Catechism 24

Rational Dress 25

On the Content of Brackets 27

Looting Roses 28

Vagabond Monologue 29

Snake Creeps through the Grass 30

The Shell Man 31

Somatic Cells 33

Impressions of Ireland 34

To the Elements 35

We Are Experiencing Delay 36

Two Roundelets 37

Every Body Continues In Its State Of Rest 38

Lucky 39

Marbles 40

Communion Afternoon 41

Gynophobia 42

Playing House 43

Dublin Can Be Heaven 44

Hames of a Haiku 45

Soldiers in the Battle for Hedonism 46

Atmospheric Physicist vs Poetic Atmosphericist 47

Estuary 48

Bruiscwort 49

Bolivian Children 50

A Peruvian Blockade, According to Bolivia 51

Altitude 52

God Always Geometrises 54

Harmony of the Spheres 55

Airbowing in Second Violins 56

Watershed 57

Is It A Kind Of Bell Toll? 58

Legacy 59.

ISBN:

9781847772626

1847772625

OCLC:

864790156