Thank you to Modron Magazine for interviewing me about my poem ‘The Sibyl of the Fireflies Watches from an Elm’, and the more-than-human, nature, and the ecological crisis. And thank you to Glyn Edwards for his insightful questions. This was a real pleasure.
https://modronmagazine.com/2024/03/17/morethanhuman-a-poem-interview-from-miranda-lynn-barnes/
Pleased to be presenting at Slade School of Fine Art’s Colour & Poetry symposium coming up this week! The full schedule is here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/events/colour-and-poetry-a-symposium-vi/
Our session will be on Thursday, 21st March 2024 at 14:00 UK time:
Dr Miranda Lynn Barnes and Dr Stephen Paul Wren are collaborating on a second project bringing together the structures of organic chemistry and the creation of new poetic forms, called Chroma. Pairs of organic dyes in every colour of the rainbow inform the work, including dyes such as brilliant green, indigo, and methylene blue. This project builds on an earlier work, Formulations (March 2022, Small Press/Tangent Books), which resulted in a pamphlet of poems and new poetic forms created from chemical molecules involved in the processes of biosynthesis. Formulations has been a pioneering development towards a theory of chemical poetics, engaging with poetic form that deeply applies the elements of molecular structure. Chroma carries this onwards into new territory, more complex molecules, and celebration of colour in the world of human life. Future publication is expected of this new collection in 2024 or early 2025.
Register to attend online via eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colour-and-poetry-a-symposium-vi-tickets-835943338027
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