Nam Gal Sips Clark
Nam Gal Sips Clark is a visual, constrained, and conceptual poetry collection that rediscovers the periodic table. Published by Hesterglock Press in 2022, Nam Gal Sips Clark is my first full-length collection. The title is a combination of the chemical elements sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), aluminium (Al), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), chlorine (Cl), argon (Ar) and potassium (K): NaMgSiPSClArK. The work in the book uses the letters of the chemical symbols of the elements as building blocks to make words, among a variety of other constraints.
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Trailer
A promotional trailer for Nam Gal Sips Clark, featuring Papageno from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
Fridge magnet inspiration
While working on Nam Gal Sips Clark, I played with periodic table fridge magnets to design some of the visual poems from the book. The cover of the book is a photo of nine of these fridge magnets in a square.
