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August 16, 2008 |
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Mitosis
FOUND by Karin Erwin
in Tacoma, Washington
I was in the library writing a biology lab report when I noticed this poem… I'm a biology nerd, but I've never resorted to expressing my love for mitosis in verse.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
So myxomitosis is what? Scrambled cell splitting?
Or did I get the spelling wrong. It took me years to learn to pronounce it, since it was one of those words you always see written but never hear anyone say.
nothing like poetic talk of meiosis, mitosis and gametes to get a girls heart racing.
Maybe this was a rehersal speech for a shindig put on by the science department and this was his idea of how to break the ice with the Laaa-dies.
I know I just have to hear the word cytokinesis and suddenly the PMAT's are doing more than rolling off my tongue...
actually I liked the deep space nine line. It should have made the final draft.. I think it shows he has a well rounded personality and is not all science, science science....
i don't understand it...but the words sound beautiful together!
Not wild for the subject matter, but the author clearly understands the finer points of poetic editing. I'd have suggested all the same changes.
No need to cap each line, though; and lose the period after PMAT.
And should that be *commands* instead of commades?
Bravo, unknown biopoetologist!
Ab-*Salute*-ly poetic! I love it, though I loved Science, too.
**Spindles and fibers aligning a dance that-
Ballerinas can only dream of.**
My fave line!
Doesn't sound like much of an ice breaker to me.
more like an Ice Builder.
chances are if you go up to a stranger and try chatting them up with poetry consisting of scientific biology babble and star trek references, it'll end any possibility of conversation.
Sounds like the writer is going two give a toast to two of his bio-lab partners who are getting married.
So the writer is saying human reproduction
doesn't involve mitosis? Don't our cells divide too? Obviously, a euglena or an ameba does it without outside help, maybe that's what they meant.
But then (obviously) science was never my thing. Give me a book of 17th century poetry, though, and I'm anybody's.
This is unbelievable!!! Totally made my day.
biopoetologist!!!!
thanks farmer
I usually got pretty bored in science class, although I had this lab partner in 11th grade chemistry who was good at knowing how to mix things together to blow the top of the crucible all the way to the ceiling.
And, on a personal note, I disagree with the poet. I kind of like human reproduction the way it is.
Tell me why the stars do shine
Tell me why the ivy twines
Tell me why the sky's so blue
And I will tell you just why I love you.
Nuclear Fission's why the stars do shine
Cellular Osmosis why the ivy twines
Molecular Diffusion's why the sky's so blue
Glandular Hormones are why I love you!
This may have been an assignment...write a poem about cytokinesis. Last year, my 6th grade daugher had to write a poem about an Aztec goddess. It was hard for her, almost impossible.
"So efficient in creating a population by halving
Oh, if human reproduction were that easy!"
Trouble getting the girls? Don't you wish you were asexual? Well it would certainly cut down on a lot of drama. But not as fun, methinks.
I love the Star Trek Deep Space Nine comment, and the fact that it was stroked out. Like... they want to reveal they inner Trekkie, but they better not make themselves seem too geeky within their poem about mitosis. I guess there's only so much even Science nerds will tolerate :-P
DS9 was a total soap opera in space, if I may be allowed to show MY inner Trekkie. No wonder the writer didn't want to own to watching it.
I just got done reading a poetry book that had more than one math poem. I suppose some people are just as passionate about science!
I love it! When I went back to school, I dreaded taking Biology. Lo and behold, my teacher made it very entertaining by bringing his guitar and making up little ditties for us related to the topics.
This find made my day.
The title says Ice Breaker. I wonder if all the students had create some sort of ice breaker...or maybe it was written by the instructor?
Aww, I love it! It reminds me of my brother, who's a total MIT candidate. I'm saving this one for him, I can see him using it to woo a woman (he only dates girls as smart as he is, which means he has like 2 to choose from).
Dear Mitosis Lover,
I would love to meet you at our lab, where we first gazed down the microscope together and fell in love. Meet me in that handsome Trekkie uniform and I'll beam you away.
Love, Darnell
ps. @ Lucky in Kentucky--great poems!
Mrs. McSwain taught 9th Grade English and while teaching poetry, she taught about Found Poems. The assignment was to take class notes from a different subject (not English) and select words and phrases to make a poem.
As tired Melanie said, this may have been an assignment of the same ilk as Mrs. McSwain's found poetry.
Great poem, Lucky. I am in awe with the creativity on this site.
Ice Breaker? Like Fooch, I am wondering the same.
@LOLing all the way in lollollol
LOL
(Funny, Gloria. I love the way this thread started off with the Bueller reference.
LOL again
(LOFL)
(what's LOFL?)
it us unlawful to lofl. (and who used my purple loofah?)
As much as I would love to take credit for this poem, I cannot. The first stanza is a song my Granny used to sing all the time, and the second is from a book called Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, by Pamela Dean. I loved the book, it is VERY strange. The three girls in it are as strange as I was as a kid. Glad everyone enjoyed it, and I bet your parents or grandparents have heard the song.
LOFL= Laugh Out F***ing Loud
Boy howdy...
If THAT's not an ice breaker, I don't know what is.
What about FLOL
What about HLOLWSMOMN?
@back in the 70's.. Found Poems!! What a fun assignment! I hope Ms. McSwain visits foundmagazine! Perhaps she does; obviously she appreciated the value in found stuff long before the internet made it available for sharing so widely!
I'm definitely sharing this one with my science teacher friends (who bring guitars to class, sing about science concepts, and make up love stories for chemical reactions -- science teachers are a creative breed indeed!)
@Smallbear: ?
Ms. McSwain was young, fun loving and full of life. She usually refered to the students as turkeys, but in a playful manner.
If she does come by here, she'd have fun. It would be nice to know what became of her and that life had in store for her. Hope she's having a happy, exiting life and still expanding minds by being a great teacher.
" Lo and behold " is one one my most favorite phrases.
@Sammy HLOLWSMOMN=Helplessly laughing out loud while spewing milk out my nostrils. :-)
If I had written this poem I would have edited out all but the 1st three lines:
Life,
Under a microscope we see your world
So efficient.
Mitosis song on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W8kupKFCPk
a rockin' song!
@ Smallbear: Ahh..nice.
HLOLWSCOMN (substituted milk for coffee....)
I am a teacher of 7-8 year olds. I love to sing directions to them, or little ditties to get their attention. It's like magic. As soon as I start singing, they do exactly as I wish. Works like a charm. Every time. I'll have to try harder this year to create songs and poems for material we are learning.
I'd guess the blue pen is corrections made by a teacher who doesn't watch Star Trek.
English class assignment: write a poem utilising knowledge from one of your specialist subjects?
Rolls off the tongue like commands [sic] from Star Trek -- 'PMAT!' sounds vaguely like 'Beam Me Up, Scotty'? Just a thought. Or 'Prophase, Metaphase' etc. sounds like Warp Factor 6? Or the Infinite Improbability Drive... Oh no, that's Hitch-Hiker's Guide.
@Lucky--I learned that song from my mother, and now my husband and I sing it to my son(in harmony!) almost every night. It was nice to see it here...
it was probably a project for biology. god knows how many times i've been assigned something like that.
This...is....AWESOME!!
I write really crappy poetry (been published a few times), so I was Deeee-lighted to see this Find!!
I'm actually going to post the link on my MySpace blog, so my writer/poet friends can come check it out.
They're going to think this is the poodangle!!
For what it's worth, there is a reading strategy called text retransformation that calls for the student to rewrite information from a text into another genre...seems to me that's what this poem is....
Wow, this is actually gonna be really helpful for my bio test tomorrow. Thanks!
I totally get this poem. It is sheer, passionate, almost spiritual genious. I love biology. And I have a degree in literature. It speaks to me on so many levels.
...but this will help :D
oh how touching =']