Toxic Flora: Poems

Toxic Flora: Poems

by Kimiko Hahn
Toxic Flora: Poems

Toxic Flora: Poems

by Kimiko Hahn

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Overview

“[Kimiko] Hahn’s 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 Survival”
Yet another species resembles
a female bumble bee,
ending in frustrated trysts—
or appears to be two fractious males
which also attracts—no surprise—
a third curious enough to join the fray.
What to make of highly evolved Beauty
bent on deception as survival—

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393341140
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 10/03/2011
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 126
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Kimiko Hahn is the author of ten collections of poems. Her honors include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Voelcker Award, and a Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize. A distinguished professor at Queens College, CUNY, she lives in Queens.
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