Space Exploration, Space Race, Outer Space Treaty, Moon Treaty


A piece on space exploration, the space race, Outer Space Treaty, Moon Treaty, Cosmo-Skymed, Copernicus space system, Orion space programme: https://scflynn.com/space-exploration/  

Interrogation Techniques, Brain Washing, Torture


A piece on interrogation techniques, brain washing, torture, CIA, Army Field Manual, Guantanamo Bay: https://scflynn.com/interrogation-techniques/  

Life Extension, Cryonics, SENS, Life Expectancy


A piece on life extension, Ayurveda, life expectancy, cryonics, ageing, longevity, SENS: https://scflynn.com/life-extension/  

Mind Uploading, Brain Simulation, Blue Brain Project, Transhumanism


A piece on mind uploading, brain simulation, Blue Brain Project, Thomas Nagel, transhumanism, IBM, philosophy of mind, strong AI: https://scflynn.com/mind-uploading/

Translations of Italian Poetry


A small archive of translations of Italian poetry, including Pasolini, Ungaretti, Saba, Carducci, G. Rossetti, Cavalcanti, Corazzini, Pascoli: https://scflynn.com/translations-of-italian-poetry/ Previously published in Modern Poetry in Translation and Acumen.  

Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J XIX – XXII


  XIX. TRUST ME   I sat for hours creating a poem in my head It was so complete, so perfect that I didn’t need to write it down     XX.        MULTI-PURPOSE POEM [Written in black marker pen on a kitchen sponge]   When a sad poem is required, immerse in water, read and… Continue reading Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J XIX – XXII

Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J XV – XVIII


  XV.       CLOSE-UP   A plain black page might say nothing, or it might be a close-up of a fraction of the first letter of the book that tells you everything     XVI.   FOCAL POINT [Written on the middle pages of a blank exercise book] How small the things that occupy us    … Continue reading Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J XV – XVIII

Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J X – XIV


  X.           AMBITION [Video film of birds feeding with author’s voiceover]   There is no failure like complete success   XI.   HONESTY [Handwritten in large letters   diagonally, with the first and last words disappearing off the page]   This is a real poem and I am a real poet   XII.       DUPLICATION [A photograph of… Continue reading Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J X – XIV

Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J VI – IX


  VI.   CONFESSIONAL POEM [A sheet of white A3 paper with the tracks of a chicken’s feet dipped in blue paint entering at bottom left and disappearing at top right]     VII.   CONFORMITY [Recorded on an                             audio cassette]   I once received an anonymous poem that was so good that I had… Continue reading Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J VI – IX

Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J I – V


  I. SECRET POEM [Written in white ink on a closed                            black box]   The content of this poem is invisible and known only to the writer   II.   BURIAL   Going going gone the author is gone do you need him   III. BELIEF [Printed on a signed, notarised and       officially sealed… Continue reading Poem: From the Notebooks of Poet J I – V