Tag: Beaufort Scale

• The Beaufort Scale

  I’ve always been fascinated by the Beaufort Scale. It could be because the concept of measurement itself is intrinsically interesting, but how the Beaufort Scale grapples with wind is a sort of poetry. Its language is simple and elegant, metaphorical. And it’s served as a point of inspiration for: a book, Defining the Wind, this very cool art/poetry…

  mariegauthier

  August 14, 2011

  books, death, poetry, Time, Writing

  Beaufort Scale, poetry, Sarah Gridley, Writing