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video See this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic TableMega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago with her 5 poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Bismuth”, “Cadmium”, “Manganese” and “Cesium” (Canon; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
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video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “from Hydrogen to Nothing” (bonus poem for 1, H), and “Bismuth” (83, Bi) from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “from Hydrogen to Nothing” (bonus poem for #1, H), and “Bismuth” (#83, Bi) from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Silver” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloon at Noon, then her poems “Bismuth” and “Cesium” from her “Mega Reading” poetry feature 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Silver” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloon at Noon, then her poems “Bismuth” and “Cesium” from her “Mega Reading” poetry feature 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Bismuth

Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#083, Bi)
3/26/13

I heard NASA scientists say
that Albert Einstein dismissed some of his theories.

That Einstein didn’t like some of his theories
because he thought they weren’t beautiful.

And it makes me wonder:
what is beauty?

Is it how the silver-pink hue of Bismuth
tarnishes into an iridescent oxide
refracting colors from soothing pink
to bright yellow
to a deep blue?

Einstein believed
“The most beautiful thing
we can experience
is the mysterious.
It is the source
of all art and science.”

And scientifically,
no other metal is more naturally
diamagnetic than Bismuth.

I know, I know, Bismuth is diamagnetic
and it’s not the magnetism of Bismuth
that causes the Aurora Borealis
from the Earth’s magnetic field...

But trust me,
from what I’ve seen,
no other element
can naturally produce
such an awe-inspiring
brightly rainbow-colored
stair-step crystal.

So we ask, what is beauty?

They say that beauty
is in the eye of the beholder.
So, it makes me wonder.

 

electron configuration of Bismuth Bismuth crystal illustrating the many iridescent refraction hues of its oxide surface Artificially grown bismuth crystal illustrating the stair-step crystal structure, with a 1-cm cube of bismuth metal


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