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Elizabeth J. Coleman's chapbook length poetry collection Mega-Galaxies, selected as winner of the Driftwood PressAdrift Chapbook Prize by Matthew Olzmann, is a lyrical exploration of ageing, community, and the natural world.
Coleman's free verse and musical poems blend scientific research and lived experience in unique and interesting ways.
This collection,…
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In the title poem of Mega-Galaxies, Coleman compares galaxies weighing a billion times more than our sun to individual humans lined up side by side in their boxes in a Zoom meeting.
Think about that: we each contain the limitlessness of the universe! This reminds me of Walt Whitman, who called himself “a kosmos.” I first discovered Coleman’s poetry in 2019 when the anthology she edited, HERE: Poems for the Planet, was published, and I immediately recognized her as a kindred poet.
She is concerned with both understanding the universe and preserving the ecosystems of Earth—all the interrelated…
From Lucille's list on discovering your place in the universe.
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