Darwin’s Mother

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In Darwin's Mother, curious beasts are excavated in archeological digs, Charles Darwin's daughter describes the challenges of breeding pigeons, and a forest of trees shift and sigh in their sleep. With a keen sense of irony that rejects an anthropocentric worldview and an imagination both philosophical and playful, the poems in this collection are marked by a tireless curiosity about the intricate workings of life, consciousness, and humanity's place in the universe. Contents ......Page 8 Ghost Lessons......Page 12 Origin of Species......Page 14 A Report from Our Team in the Field......Page 16 Mitochondrial Eve......Page 18 Darwin’s Mother......Page 19 Dr. Harry Harlow’s Primate Laboratory......Page 20 An Uncontacted Tribe......Page 21 The Weed......Page 23 Darwin’s Mother......Page 24 Iguanodon......Page 25 Breeders......Page 27 The Anatomist......Page 28 Mother, Pressed......Page 29 Darwin’s Mother......Page 30 Virtus et Scientia......Page 31 Life without a Spine......Page 32 Material......Page 34 Material......Page 36 Reservoir......Page 37 Pillar of Fire by Night......Page 39 Cicada......Page 40 The Cell......Page 41 Fly......Page 42 Tick......Page 43 Pregnancy......Page 44 Blue Poem......Page 45 The Outer Crust......Page 46 Behind My Bright Eye......Page 47 The Network......Page 48 This Valley......Page 50 Animal Space......Page 51 A Moral Animal......Page 52 About Us......Page 54 The Kiss......Page 55 Moral Animal......Page 56 Achilles and Mary at the Museum......Page 58 Electromagnetic......Page 60 Simulation......Page 62 Movie Night......Page 63 Monster......Page 64 Mostly as I Am......Page 66 Goddesses......Page 67 The Ghoasts......Page 68 The Box My Mother Keeps......Page 69 Vaka eller Sova......Page 70 Hawaii......Page 71 Addendum......Page 73 Mindfile......Page 76 Notes......Page 78 Acknowledgments......Page 80