the Periodic Table of Poetry 

View all of the Periodic Table element poems
in alphabetical order or
in Periodic Table element # order.

...For a purely Periodic view of all of these poems from within the Periodic Table,
check out the official page for the Periodic Table of Poetry (where you can click
on any element in the Periodic Table for a list of poetry related to that element)...
For a listing of the elements in order and video links of readings from the book “the Periodic Table of Poetry
(because all initial performances of these Periodic Table poems were in Chicago features), then visit the link

“the Periodic Table of Poetry” book.



For starters, enjoy this Periodic Table of Poetry haiku about the elemental sextet of the building blocks of life...
life (a 2014 Periodic Table haiku, on twitter)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table haiku life live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C)
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And as an added bonus, enjoy this bonus Periodic Table poem about understanding atoms...
Questioning Atoms through Inference
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Questioning Atoms through Inference live at Ruffled Feathers at Reno in Chicago 12/8/14 (Canon camera, with balance, crop, and saturate filters)
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Questioning Atoms through Inference live at Ruffled Feathers at Reno in Chicago 12/8/14 (Canon, balance)
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).


View all of the Periodic Table element poems
in alphabetical order or
in Periodic Table element # order.

 

After all of the Periodic Table poems were completed, try the extended Periodic Table poem:

G Block (a bonus 2014 Periodic Table poem)... also see this poem at Artvilla.
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of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem G Block in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (S)
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of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem G Block in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)
the 10/8/14 Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace Janet Kuypers chapbookthe 10/8/14 Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace Janet Kuypers chapbook
Download this poem & more in the free PDF Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.


View all of the Periodic Table element poems
in alphabetical order or
in Periodic Table element # order.

 





Chemistry in its Element podcasts Okay, you’ve got a poet girl’s take on the elements here, but if you want to hear audio on a science geek’s perspective on these elements, go to ChemistryinitsElement for the story behind each element (by listening to podcasts from Chemistry World).
 


You can also follow this link for a periodic table that tells you
how to actually use all those elements
.
 


Come here for An Illustrated Periodic Table Showing
How Chemical Elements Interact With Our Everyday Lives
.
 


Come to Science mag for the 2017 Elemental haiku
By Mary Soon Lee of haiku poems for every element
(all 119 of them now) in a Periodic Table display.
 



the Periodic Table






The “Janet left-step Periodic Table”
was created by Charles Janet in 1928, and is considered to be the
most significant alternative to the traditional depiction of the periodic system;
organizing elements according to orbital filling and is widely used by physicists.

the Janet left-step Periodic Table

the Janet left-step Periodic Table






the extended Periodic Table



Periodic Table Relationships








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