2015

Poems written by Judith Rodby; art and portfolio by Jaime Lynn Shafer; broadside design and printing by Judith Rodby and Jaime Lynn Shafer.

Printed from metal type, photopolymer plates, and linoleum blocks on Magnani Pescia paper and Mohawk paper. Created at the Black Rock Press.
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Edition of 25.

About the Poetry

Careening Toward the Sun's Caress
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/22/2013.
The sun produces outbursts known as solar flares; the Kepler spacecraft detects solar flares.
Typeface:  Perpetua

Mira
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/23/2013.
David Fabricius (March 9, 1564-May 7, 1617) was a German
pastor who discovered the first known periodic variable star,
Mira, in August 1596.
Typeface: Futura

Histories of Natural Disasters
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Dying Stars Write Their Own Swan Songs." 1/10/2014.
Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist blind for many years, orchestrates the deaths of stars.
Typeface:  Gill Sans

Geminid Showers in Mid-December
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Geminid Meteor Showers
​Light Up Both Hemispheres." 12/14/2014.
Geminid showers are created by pieces of gravel and dust
from a "rock comet" or astroid flying close to the sun.
Typeface: Lydian