Ecologist, physicist and Royal Literary Fund Fellow Mario Petrucci is renowned for combining innovation with a profoundly human aspect, particularly in the creative dialogue between science and poetry. Endlessly inventive, yet thoughtful and musical, his i tulips presents a set of tender modernist lyrics with a strong contemporary edge. Turning his generous eye (or microscope) towards nature, science, everyday human experience and - with compelling intimacy - love, Petrucci combines an uncompromising urgency with a many-sided, fractal beauty that rewards sustained attention. Drawing from Rilke and Wallace Stevens - as well as the Black Mountain poets - the arresting imagery and breathtaking energy of i tulips create an immediate impact, while Petrucci's masterful wordplay and technical sophistication allow added dimensions to unfurl for the committed reader.