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History Lesson
Jonathan Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in the UK, wrote a poem about the cosmic 'ghost' lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. His poem also appears...
View ArticleStudent Poems Inspired by Chandra Releases (1)
Jonathan Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in the UK, wrote two poems called 'History Lesson' and 'Black Hole in B-Flat,' both inspired by Chandra discoveries, and...
View ArticleStudent Poems Inspired by Chandra Releases (2)
Jonathan Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in the UK, wrote two poems called 'History Lesson' and 'Black Hole in B-Flat,' both inspired by Chandra discoveries, and...
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!!**&@??
Continuing our interest in poetry, here is a poem inspired by Chandra's image from August 11th 2011 of VV340 , in which two colliding galaxies look like a 'Cosmic Exclamation Point.' The author was...
View ArticleAstroPoetry, 2012
Following the success of our first poetry competition last year, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Jonathan Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, have run a second competition, in which Creative...
View ArticleAstroPoetry, 2012 (Part Two)
Following the success of our first poetry competition last year, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Jonathan Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, have now run a second competition, in which...
View ArticlePoetry Inspired by Chandra Discoveries
Science is a distinctly human endeavour that overlaps with many other fields. Scientific discoveries can provide inspiration for music, art, literature and poetry. As an example of the latter, over...
View ArticlePoetry and Black Holes
We welcome back Jonathan Taylor as a guest blogger. Jonathan is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester, UK, along with an author and critic. He has written several poems...
View ArticleThe Poetry of a Clandestine Black Hole
Over several years we have hosted the results of poetry competitions organised and judged by Jonathan Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The University of Leicester in the UK. Here,...
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Cosmic Poetry Competition 2021: The Winners
We are delighted to again welcome Jonathan Taylor as a guest blogger. Jonathan is the author of several novels and poetry collections, the editor of several anthologies, and Associate Professor in...
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