Alicia Sometimes Alicia Sometimes i(A27787 works by)
Born: Established: Dandenong, Dandenong area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 (CERN | LISTENING) i "you expect this particle-scape", Alicia Sometimes , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 10 2024;
1 Golden Records, 1977 i "Outside our heliopause, flung far from home", Alicia Sometimes , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meniscus , vol. 12 no. 1 2024; (p. 151)
1 2 y separately published work icon Stellar Atmospheres Alicia Sometimes , Melbourne : Cordite Press , 2024 27457267 2024 selected work poetry

'From the first moment I listened to stories about the night sky, I fell in love with astronomy and physics. Not just the stars or galaxies but also the why and how of it all.

'What happened before the Big Bang? What are we made of? How will the universe end? I am not a scientist, just eternally curious and have made scientific research the basis for a great deal of my poetry. The cosmos is endlessly fascinating. And writeable.

'I have been fortunate enough to work alongside inspiring scientists and have read and listened to many more. Scientists regularly and successfully use vivid storytelling and poetics, using metaphor to weave into their factual narrative. It can be an indispensable tool, helping us understand something like Newton’s second law of thermodynamics or dark matter.

'Sometimes, adding abstraction (poetry) on top of abstraction (difficult to understand scientific concepts) can feel like you’re going on a side quest. In those splinters of time, I hope you stay with me.

'Physicist Niels Bohr said, ‘What is it that we humans depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.’

'With this, I am humbly grateful and thankful to be suspended in language with you.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Bose Einstein Condensate Alicia Sometimes , Andrea Rassell , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2023 2023; (p. 15)
1 Portrait at Howqua River i "Manna gums stand guard at midday", Alicia Sometimes , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 68 no. 1 2023; (p. 174)
1 Sagittarius A i "how we always wanted to know", Alicia Sometimes , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 109 2023;
1 Geometry of Lament Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Island Online - 2022 2022;
1 Caroline Herschel Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry Volume 4 2022;
1 Tasmanian Devil i "My hope is nothing distracts you", Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , September vol. 81 no. 3 2022; (p. 135)
1 When the Mountain Sings i "Encased in soundless snow", Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1 October 2022; (p. 18)
1 Stellar Atmospheres Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 34 2022;
1 Makeshift Drinks in a Celebratory Garden i "verses of conversation", Alicia Sometimes , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , June vol. 81 no. 2 2022; (p. 167) Meanjin Online 2022;
1 Late Summer Crescent Moon i "Ukulele sounds swing their way over by early evening", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , November vol. 8 no. 1 2021;
1 We Borrow from the Future Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 Extremely Small Sample of Dates People Said the World Would End i "honky maths regarding the dimensions of Noah’s Ark predicted the world’s demise.", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , January no. 42 2021; (p. 36-39)
1 Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation i "leftover electromagnetic radiation micro-moments after the universe emerged", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , November no. 5 2021;
1 Orion Nebula i "Examine closely—as nebulae on a moonless night", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , November no. 5 2021;
1 Mae Jemison in Flight : Hailing Frequencies Open i "Physician—Astronaut—Chemical Engineer", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , May vol. 4 no. 1 2021;
1 Quantum Vacuum Noise i "Our house was not made", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 43)
1 Gravitational Lensing i "Our eyes crave baths of light—", Alicia Sometimes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 2 2021; (p. 122-123) Ink Sweat and Tears , March 2023;
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