The Nose Knows
More than a bronze nose, His eyes helped shape the night sky. And in his own words, He lived like he was a sage Yet
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An Ode to Old Pliny
Born to a Noble Family shortly after BC Gaius Plinius Secundus was he, Or Pliny to both his family and friends At 23 he fought
A Big Epigram
If science and religion cannot coexist, Then the Big Bang presents quite an ironic twist. Discovered not by an atheistic beast, But by Georges Lemaître,
The Rondeau Bloop
The thumping sound of a breaking heart, Heard across the ocean blue, By sensors continents apart; The thumping sound of a breaking heart: A sound
The Pantoum Corpse
Dead legs kicking in the air After an electrical current applied Was this a step too far? Frog legs were only the start After an
The Two-headed Cinquain of Vladimir Demikhov
One dog Then another Vladimir Demikhov Saw one where there had once been two No dog Photo Credit: Motherboard
Arctic Methane
Since the Industrial revolution in the 18th Century, Methane levels have gone up by almost a factor of three. And whilst termites and bovines have
The Ballad of Werner Forssmann
When strolling once in old Berlin I was stopped by man and violin For two coins in his new tin can He would play me
A North West Wind Blows
A dissenter by birth, and in Kendal well trapped, But at twenty-six he left it behind. In Manchester, John Gouge’s knowledge was tapped, A case
Pierre, Remembered
Springtime in Paris, A life illuminating Ended by a horse