This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American PZ Myers tipped me off to a science poetry ...

In “Can Our Eyes Fool Our Taste Buds?,” children’s poet April Halprin Wayland summarizes a fun experiment in taste perception where people were quizzed after drinking red and green drinks that ...

It is hard to find good children's poetry about science, as most scientists do not write poems, and most poets do not do experiments. John Scieszka and Lane Smith's Science Verse includes poems ...

Here is a Take 5 Mini-Lesson that makes it quick and easy to share this poem! Build on the simile in Blackaby’s first stanza (“Scientists are like explorers . . . ”), and identify some famous ...

April is National Poetry Month, and while poems about love and loss abound, where are the cool poems about science? Where are the sonnets on space ships and smilodons? Science poetry is a little ...

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Explore John Berryman poetry, particularly his acclaimed work in 'Homage to Mistress Bradstreet', embracing themes of insects and creativity. A thing O say a sixteenth of an inchlong, with whiskers& ...

For each of the 12 days of Christmas, here’s something to beguile, distract – and leave you with questions for the year ahead Simon Barraclough dons a bright yellow jacket, orange Ray Bans, and ...

Last week, This is Just to Say, a short poem by William Carlos Williams went viral. The 82-year-old poem was resurrected as a meme, with Twitter users rewriting lines centering around the central ...