Five poems about science and scientific-type topics. |
"OMEGA" The Great O Value of 800 Symbol for ohm Expensive watch Lowliest wolf Star Trek particle The end of all things Last letter of the Greek alphabet Total: 8 lines / 27 words Form: Shape Poetry "FIBONACCI" AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Fibonacci Number is an integer sequence where the next number in in the series is the sum of the previous two numbers. It has a variety of applications; everything from economic modeling to poker predictions to natural arrangements of leaves on branches, the fruitlets of a pineapple, and a snail's shell. one one, two three, five, eight thirteen, and then twenty-one, thirty-four, et cetera Total: 5 lines / 13 words Form: Tetractys "THE EDUCATION OF JESSE PINKMAN" AUTHOR'S NOTE: Inspired by the television show Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman used to have an itch To peddle meth and make himself rich Then he met Walter White Became his acolyte Learned to cook and exclaimed “Science, bitch!” Total: 5 lines / 29 words Form: Limerick "OLOGIES, A TO Z" AUTHOR'S NOTE: Two of these areas of study are made up. Can you guess which ones before hovering over them to find the answer? Aerology Boxology Cereology Dialectology Escapology Fulminology Graphology Heliology Ichnology Japanology Kymatology Ludology Metrology Nephology Oology Palynology Quidditchology Rheology Synecology Thanatology Urology Vexillology Waxology Xlyology Zymology Total: 26 lines / 26 words Form: Monorhyme "AN ODE TO SCIENCE" Oh, science! You unforgiving minx, Exacting standards, no room for hijinks. Sometimes I wish you’d fall for my act, And not be so utterly obsessed with fact. While the arts may be open to interpretation, You’re more concerned with logic and causation. Intellectually curious and discerning, You’re never ever truly done learning. The arts may give us music, movies, and games, But you’re the one that advances our evolutionary aims. While everyone else is playing around, You discover what previously hadn’t been found. Total: 12 lines / 83 words Form: Ode ------------------------------ Total: 56 lines / 178 words (see above for individual word counts) Form: see above for list of forms Originally written for "Invalid Item" and "I Write in 2018" . |