Poem inspired by London LASER #26 Re:Thinking Space
An offering of poetry from one of our regular London LASER attendees, Paul Taylor, inspired by LL#26 Re:Thinking Space.
Videos of the talks can be viewed on the London LASER Archive with physicists Dr. Ceri Brenner and Dr. Cham Ghag, artist Susan Ayre and cosmologist Dr. Thomas Kitching compered by the Arts Catalysts’ Nicola Triscott.
LASER
(Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous)
gazing down from the third floor
into the college atrium
thinking about space thinking
I wonder if I’ve got it
in any sense
an escaped ping pong ball
bolts across the ground floor
followed by the much larger blob
of a man in need of the exercise
at the art science meeting
we have been measuring
the arcs of darkness
poking laser beams
through honeycombs of titanium
trying to get a peep
out of a bucket of xenon
awaiting the arrival
of a quantum sensor bit flip
down below
the same particle
an arc of lightness
pings again into view
the same man in pursuit
wondering if he’ll get it
and I offer a toast
trying to get a buzz
out of a glass of wine
chasing metaphors through space
like a man in need of the exercise.
© Paul Taylor 2018
