Inspired by ‘hardcore’ chemistry,the poetry of Met Office scientist Rachel McCarthy has been called mesmerising by British laureate Carol Ann DuffyIt’s not every poet who manages to work a demanding day job as a Met Office climate scientist. But when Rachel McCarthy isn’t walking the corridors of Whitehall, on secondment to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, or she is to be found polishing her poems.
Despite achieving a double first in physics and chemistry,McCarthy always wanted to write. As the founder of Excite Poetry, the Devon wing of the Poetry Society, or the director of the sell-out Exeter poetry festival,her verse-writing skills are matched only by her ability to draw crowds to sizable events. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com