Go to: 'Infusoria' from Coral Reveries: Darwinian Poetics. The poems track Darwin's experiences aboard the HMS Beagle as he contemplated the mounting evidence that the world was way older than anyone had previously imagined. Copyright Ian Irvine, all rights reserved.

Dr Ian Irvine (Hobson) is the author of two novels, a book of poetry and an acclaimed nonfiction book on chronic forms of alienation and ennui. His works have featured in various Australian national writing anthologies as well as in over 100 journals and magazines. He has co-edited over 20 writing anthologies and has taught as a creative arts educator and sometimes course coordinator since 1994. He is the founder and chief songwriter of the alt. rock band Interstitium, and was also the lead singer and co-songwriter of Australian alt rock band "Goya's Child (Original)" before his departure in 1994.