Copy of Poetry Trail: A Science Art Collision

The Poetry Trail: A Science Art Collision

The Poetry Trail is an outdoor installation featuring poems by award-winning poet Sujatha Menon. Her new collection, Microscopia, was created during a transformative residency with Warwick’s School of Life Sciences — the department’s first ever poet-in-residence programme.

The fourteen poems are displayed on specially designed posts installed along a trail through the woods and paths near the School of Life Sciences and beyond.

Each poem is inspired by Warwick scientists and paired with a prologue that reveals the science behind the verse. Engage with scientific research through the voices, stories, and discoveries of female academics, technicians, and researchers.

Explore our beautiful yet often overlooked green spaces on campus through this unique experience blending literature, biology, and outdoor activity.

About the Poet

Sujatha Menon is a poet, complementary medicine practitioner and yoga teacher who bridges the worlds of science and art.

As Warwick’s Poet in Residence in 2022, she collaborated with scientists to reveal the emotion, curiosity and creativity at the heart of their research.

Sujatha said: “Collaborating with Warwick has been a wonderful way to explore how science and poetry can speak to one another.”

Professor Emeritus Kevin Moffat, former Director of Outreach in the School of Life Sciences said:

“Science and art are both about curiosity, creativity and seeing the world in new ways – which is why this collaboration has felt so natural.

Sujatha brought such energy, empathy, and imagination into our labs and conversations, helping to capture not just what our researchers do, but how they think and feel about their work."

Locations

Post	SCIENTIST	POEM	LOCATION	REF ///what3words	DESCRIPTION
1	Dr Elisabetta Zanardini	The Biorestoration of Dorian Gray	Between Gibbet Hill and central campus	///radio.poems.hostsLink opens in a new window	Lakeside behind Health Centre car park
2	Professor Miriam Gifford	There is also Gossip in the Rhizosphere	Tocil Woods	///modest.copy.hatchLink opens in a new window	Set back from riverbank away from tree with prominent roots
3	Dr Emily Lane-Hill	This is not my father’s eulogy	Gibbet Hill Woods	///then.pits.bakedLink opens in a new window	On mound away from tree that marks an intersection of three paths
4	Professor Elizabeth Fullam	Transcendental Eradication	Between Gibbet Hill Woods and central campus	///shuts.gender.blurLink opens in a new window	Open grassland space
5	Dr Sarah Trinder	Accession	Clearing on bend in Gibbet Hill Wood	///cycles.things.songLink opens in a new window	Wood clearing – no large trees near
6	Dr Erin Connelly	Evisceration Day	Behind Gibbet Hill campus	///gently.souk.bubbleLink opens in a new window	Open grassland next to quarry and away from large oak
7	Dr Charlotte Allender	The First Farmers were Sheet Breeders	Grassland in Gibbet Hill approach	///gifted.jazz.cluesLink opens in a new window	Open grassland between the southern gap in the woods
8	Dr Louise Dyson	Matrihelical	Gibbet Hill campus	///vouch.intend.menuLink opens in a new window or ///united.spits.spotsLink opens in a new window	Maths Houses behind School of Life Sciences building
9	Dr Aparna Ratheesh	Mimicry in G Minor	Gibbet Hill campus	///dangerously.smart.trapsLink opens in a new window	Pond area in front of School of Life Sciences building
10	Dr Emily Breeze	Reticulum	Gibbet Hill woods	///rungs.smiles.codeLink opens in a new window or ///notion.unable.gatesLink opens in a new window	Set back from wood, close to gate on Gibbet Hill Road in the wood
11	Dr Darius Koester	Cytoskeleton of a Spell	Tocil Woods	///tens.avoid.tuneLink opens in a new window or ///storm.loaf.chipLink opens in a new window or ///earth.doing.flyingLink opens in a new window	Path side about 100 yards from campus entrance
12	Dr Saskia Bakker	20 Ways to Skin a Spell	Tocil Woods	///loads.afford.shellsLink opens in a new window	Path side just before the bridge
13	Dr Freya Harrison	Crones of the Underworld	Tocil Woods	///jungle.double.bravoLink opens in a new window	Path side just after the bridge
14	Jeanette Selby	Hydrosapien Neuropathy	Between Gibbet Hill and central campus	///reward.both.gatherLink opens in a new window	Lakeside behind Bluebell buildings 1 and 2

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