A. F. KING · CLOCK COUNTINGEnglish paperback
A collection to keep close.
Clock Counting: Poems
56 English poems about love, doubt, mathematics, and language, with author narration and an interactive digital companion.
01 · INSIDE THE BOOK
The words, on the page.
The complete original collection of 56 poems in paperback. The poems remain in their original English.
Fifty-six poems, accumulated and rock-tumbled across a tumultuous decade. Black holes and bright dots, irises and viruses, romance, friendship, and a few odd odes share the same pages.
For readers drawn to wordplay, theoretical mathematics, queer love, and the strange details of ordinary life.
02 · BEYOND THE BOOK
Then, press play.
The digital companion is free to explore. Listen to the author reading in English and discover photographs, stories, and interactive experiences behind the poems. These pages offer a taste of the companion; they are not reproductions of the printed edition.
Banach–Tarski
A joke-poem, a mathematical paradox, and a different possibility for Humpty Dumpty.
Explore →02Rule 30
A seashell, a cellular automaton, and a pattern you can grow yourself.
Explore →03Reflections on Thinking About Thinking
Watch words reflect through the poem’s landscape of thought.
Explore →A few useful details.
How do the book and website work together?
The book contains the poems, and its QR code leads to the digital companion. Online pages provide author readings and bonus material. Some poems appear in full, but the website is not a complete reproduction of the book.
Edition information
- Author
- A. F. King
- Edition
- English paperback
- ASIN
- B0DSCJ8792
About the authorship, translations, and making of the companion →
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