TE23 Double Feature

Gaia Warnings (poems) Philip Burton

Europium 1. There is an element of surprise that, in nineteen oh one, they chose europium to name a new metal; not hard for us to see the parallel with Europe simply Europeanised, become a single element at that time; had its fragility been self-observed and the barrels of guns repurposed as magnificent city organ pipes; had it furnished scientific minds with a vital compass of compassion so, when chancing on unstable atoms,

[Listen to Philip Burton discuss his poetry collection, Gaia Warnings , on the September 25, 2022 episode of Eco-Lit on Trafika Europe Radio, right here .]

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