I often described my work (phylogenetics, mostly) as "I throw mammals into trees and see where they fall out"

I mean, seriously, Iceland. I've not even had time to leave the city but you're still just so nice to be in.

Thanks for inviting me, and I'll be back.

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Nothing is preventing adult you from eating it up too!

You're very welcome, and how nice to be in that part of the world. I spent a few days on and around Loch Tay a week or so ago. An inspiring landscape!

Thanks very much for saying such kind things - it's responses like this that make writing feel more worthwhile than just throwing ideas into a void!

I'm just learning that a synonym of narrative nonfiction is 'verfabula', which is excellent.

Ooh, I've not logged into BlueSky for a long time, so just saw this. I don't know that there is a particular term for this in the context of nature writing, to be honest. It's certainly narrative non-fiction. Science fiction feels ... close but not quite right? But I think that's subjective.

It was something of a last minute one! I suspect the more modern ones will win, but I do better with the stricter forms, because it feels more like a discovery of the poem than the overwhelming total free range of all language.

Technically, this form is a tritina.