An Introduction to Scientism Poetry
A framework for understanding and creating Scientism Poetry.
About this book ↗A POETIC MOVEMENT
Scientism Poetry
Scientism Poetry is a developing poetic movement that integrates scientific philosophy, theory, and method into poetic creation, with scientific structure as a source of poetic form, to express the realities of the world and the mind.
FEATURED VIDEO POEM
Light Cone
Poetic lines take the shape of a light cone, converging at the present and opening into time.
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01 / FEATURED POEM
Schrödinger’s Cat
A cat’s familiar, sunlit life opens into questions of mortality, observation, and reality.
Read the complete poem ↗I live freely, basking in sunlight’s glow,
Chasing and playing, where joys overflow.
I leap to the desk, ink spills like streams,
Stride on the piano; a grand chord gleams.
I graze the stars as a girl softly waits,
Venus ascends, bound by celestial gates.
02 / THEORY & METHODS
From understanding to creation.
Scientific philosophy, theory, and method participate in poetic creation. Structure runs through them and can become a source of poetic form. Follow five themes into the practice.
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Science and Poetry
Historical encounters and the possibilities of scientific inquiry in verse.
Definition and Scientific Presence
Philosophy, theory, and method; structure as a source of form.
From Scientific Presence to Poetic Creation
Selection, transformation, imagination, and revision.
Scientific Structure and Poetic Form
Rhythm, symmetry, geometry, numerical patterns, and code.
Science and Human Experience
Scientific perception within everyday life, memory, and feeling.
03 / BOOKS
Theory and practice, in conversation.
Schrödinger’s Cat
A collection exploring scientific thought through poetic experience.
About this book ↗04 / COMMUNITY
Let reading begin a conversation.
Readers, poets, and scientists are welcome to read, write, and discuss. Scientism Poetry is our shared starting point; poems from other traditions are welcome too.
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