I want to linger here
as people leave the party
I want to stay with you.
When the last of us goes
this adventure is officially over.
I miss it already.
poem- The Scientific Method June 25, 2015
Today I was challenged to have a poem about The Scientific Method in slam style on my blog by 10 p.m. Challenge complete!
In case you’ve forgotten the components…
Scientific method-
- Recognize problem
- Define problem
- formulate hypothesis
- collect data
- analyze data
- confirm or disconfirm hypothesis
THE POEM:
Recognize the problem
form definition of the complication
formulation, computation,
I hypothesize;
I strategize.
All the data I analyze
analyze
analyze.
I synthesize the truth of this
have I confirmed my hypothesis?
If not, then I begin again
Being careful of instability,
endeavour to control variabilities
Recognition of the definition
controlling the conditions
again I must hypothesize
strategize, and analyze.
Circles spin, cycle again, once more begin!
The method of the scientists
consists always of the hypothesis,
that’s altered, trimmed, and twisted,
Endless scientific fight to determine
which truths are right!
poem- string
I’m stringing together words
connecting us like beads
winding threads
capturing beauty that flashes in the light
I’m stringing us tightly together
knotting now so we can
recreate this moment
when we fear we are unravelling.
poem- shaving June 24, 2015
The clippers heat up quickly
So I shave the dog one body part at a time:
one leg,
two legs,
three legs,
four legs,
one foot,
two feet,
three feet,
four feet,
back,
belly,
tail,
face.
Hot dog ready for summer relief.
It takes longer than a girl
getting ready for a hot date.
poem- image June 23, 2015
Snapshot
image of this place
image of these faces
image of our laughter
after time passes
memories encased in this
snapshot
poem- in a minute June 22, 2015
In a minute
we can rage
strife chagrin
strife mend
In a minute
all can change
life begin
life end.
In a minute
In a second
Breath
Gone.
,
,
RIP Mickey. Can’t believe it.
(We lost one of our former grads today. 😥 )
poem- adaption June 20, 2015
Water
flows downhill
finds its level
makes its way
adapts.
Water
boils over
floods plains
rises to the sky
adapts.
Water
nurtures
pours
roars
adapts.
Water
drips
drops
adapts.
I
am
water.
poem- endings June 19, 2015
Tonight,
we’ll laugh until tears streak our cheeks
and remember all those moments
that made this a special place.
But beneath the laughter
will be the melancholy knowing
that with these leavings
we are left to try to rebuild something new.
I suppose we’ll be okay,
but I can’t help but wish you’d stay.
.
.
.
(End of the school year. Staff leaves. New staff arrives. Some years it’s just so fabulously synergistic that it is particularly depressing to see the end).
poem- heat June 18, 2015
Summer bakes us all
we glisten, basted,
glossy, full of scent
on the beach coconut
on the track athletic musk.
The dog lies panting
collapsed in a cool for now spot
We long for air conditioning
and winter ice.
