Poetic Table of Elements

clipped from www.everypoet.com Welcome to the Poetic Table of Elements! Click an element from the list to the left or the Periodic Table below to read original poems about, inspired by, reminiscent of or otherwise related to that element. Actinium Aluminum Americium Antimony Argon Arsenic Astatine Barium Berkelium Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Californium Carbon Cerium Cesium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Copper Curium Dysprosium Einsteinium Erbium Europium Fermium Fluorine Francium Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Hafnium Hahnium Hassium Helium Holmium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron 1 H 2 He

*Lanthanoids

58 Ce

60 Nd

62 Sm

64 Gd

66 Dy

**Actinoids

89 Ac

91 Pa

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Actinium

Actinium (the 89th element) is like a beautiful poem

It stands unquestionablly solid

with a melting point that is

far out of reach (1922F)

even for the merciless.

It's crystal structure

is almost perfectly symmetrical

in all its layers of energy

(But for the 9th electron