![]() ![]() ![]() The second prose poem was inspired by reading about symmetry in an article in New Scientist – symmetry in physics and symmetry in life. One of us picks a physics theory, then we both design a new form, write a poem to our own form, then swap! We have done this a few times now and I find it immensely challenging and fun – and we are planning an online project for next year to get many more writers doing this kind of thing, so stay tuned! My form is basically inspired by the equation describing gravity, which is two bodies pulling on each other, the strength of that attraction dependent on the distance between them, and this poem is two paragraphs with a single line in between, half of which is “pulled” from the end of para 1 and half pulled from the beginning of para 2. The first, ‘But If I Knew A Little More’, is actually written in a form I created inspired by gravity! This is part of a collaboration with my friend, fellow poet and PhD student, Miranda Barnes, where we set each other challenges to create new poetic forms inspired by different concepts from physics. Tania Hershman “Both these prose poems are inspired by physics. ![]() Winter Readings: Two Poems by Tania Hershman ![]()
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