Antidotes to Fear of Death: A Poem by Rebecca Elson

“The majesty of the universe is only ever conjured up in the mind. . . “

Astrophysicist Janna Levin reads "Antidotes to Fear of Death" by astronomer and poet Rebecca Elson, with music by Zoë Keating.

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/04/10/antidotes-to-fear-of-death-rebecca-elson

This is the opening of the 2020 Universe in Verse – an annual charitable celebration of poetry through science, created and hosted by Maria Popova at Pioneer Works – livestreaming on April 25, also starring Patti Smith, Neil Gaiman, Rosanne Cash, Amanda Palmer, Leland Melvin, Elizabeth Gilbert, and many more extraordinary artists, writers, and scientists broadening our cosmic and creaturely perspective.

Details here: https://www.brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/