Chemical Poetry – The Periodic Table & Poetry
Come and use the famous ‘periodic table of elements’ as a springboard and playground for new writing. We all know about the periodic table from our schooldays and the opening titles to ‘Breaking Bad’ but how have artists and writers reinvented and rearranged it over the years? Write from the point of view of a randomly chosen element. Compose a ‘Self-portrait as Einsteinium’. Invent your own elements and see what happens when you plunge them into poetry (a previous student of Simon’s chemistry class discovered ‘Philandrium’ in the test tube of their imagination). Learn about some of the unsung heroes and heroines who devoted their lives to completing this elegant chart. As we fizz around the table, we will learn about the elements that combine to make good poetry and develop new work through workshops and discussions. Noble, inert, explosive, reactive, unstable,toxic, sublime: who knows what this poetic chemistry set will produce? No scientific background necessary.
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