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Visit Poets for Science at the National Academy of Sciences

April 3–September 8, 2023
NAS Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., West Gallery

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Participate in the “Pledge” global community poem and the Listening Wall.

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The Exhibit

Poets for Science is a participatory exhibit exploring the connection between science and poetry, curated by Jane Hirshfield. 

Past
Locations

2017—washington, d.c.

The March for Science

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2017—brooklyn, ny

The Universe in Verse at Pioneer Works

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2018—Martinez, CA

John Muir House

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2018—chicago, Il

March for Science Education Summit

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2019—portland, or

AWP Conference

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2019—Prescott, AZ

The Natural History Institute

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2020—NASHVILLE, TN

Vanderbilt University

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2021—CAMBRIDGE, MA

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

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2023—SEATTLE, WA

AWP Conference

the collection

Poets for Science is an exhibition featuring a Special Collection of Poems Curated by Jane Hirshfield and interactive, creative writing stations for visitors.

About the Project

On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, demonstrators around the world participated in a March for Science in a call to support and safeguard the scientific community, fact-based decision making, basic research, and freedom of speech for scientists.

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“Hirshfield, who curated the poems, describes the posters as ‘Human-sized poems,’ bringing forward the human side of science—how we think and feel with its knowledge, how its knowledge touches our lives in ways from galactic to microscopic.”

FROM “THE TWO FEET OF ONE WALKING: POETS MARCH FOR SCIENCE”
BY DANA ISOKAWA, POETS & WRITERS

about

Traveling Stanzas is a project of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University in collaboration with Visual Communication Design students and alumni. The purpose of Traveling Stanzas is to facilitate a global conversation through the intimate and inclusive voice of poetry. Learn more about the Traveling Stanzas project by visiting travelingstanzas.com.

© TRAVELING STANZAS 2022

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