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September 16, 20251 min readPoem: ‘Love Letter from Photograph 51’Science in meter and verseBy Faith Paulsen edited by Dava Sobel & Clara Moskowitz Science History Images/Alamy…

For Joe Minter, the African Village in America, and 1504And when those white-sailed shipspiled us together, cargo in the hull of hell,the word rode with us,…

No one notices when a fresh stem of baby’s breathfalls into a pool. Instead, contention among the fangssimmers with rolling eyes, laughter, and barbecue.Everyone is testing…

Take a moment to reflect. That’s generally good advice. “For Once, Then, Something” is a reflection on reflecting — on looking and thinking — that teases…

I am talking my way back to the poem’s turnand where it might lie outside my skirted body,a corded place where bluish sky paints my attention,and…

You can hear a reading of this poem at the bottom of the page.“The Pond at Dusk”: It’s a title that presents an image of calm,…

My father says to pick a beer.Outside, two men in yellow coatshose mud from a reef of oystersto be priced and sold by the bucketful.The owner’s…

Where we’re standing between green flagsis a stretch of beach with conditionssafe for swimming. Beyond them, in both directions,conditions change, maybe rocks or too strong an…

When the first trailer arrived for “28 Years Later,” the third installment in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s masterful “28 Days Later” series of horror films,…

Illustration: Danielle Rhoda/The GuardianI lay in bedhardly able to breathebut there were people to sedate me,pump air into mecalm me down when I thrashed aroundhold my…