Toxic Flora: Poems

ISBN: 0393341143

Author: Hahn, Kimiko

Condition: New

[Kimiko] Hahns frankness . . . allows [these poems] to stand out as starkly fresh as the carnivorous plants she describes.-American Poet For Kimiko Hahn, the language and imagery of science open up magical possibilities for the poet. In her haunting eighth collection inspired by articles from the weekly Science section of the New York Times, Hahn explores identity, extinction, and survival using exotic tropes drawn from the realms of astrophysics, mycology, paleobotany, and other rarefied fields. With warmth and generosity, Hahn mines the world of science in these elegant, ardent poems.from On Deceit as SurvivalYet another species resemblesa female bumble bee,ending in frustrated trysts-or appears to be two fractious maleswhich also attracts-no surprise-a third curious enough to join the fray.What to make of highly evolved Beautybent on deception as survival-