To ramble on when seasons shift
embed the genes of winged and furred
to group, compelled to far-off trysts
where helices get spliced and stirred.
Embedded genes of winged and furred
express in random nested forms
as helices get spliced and stirred
in slight mutations with each turn.
Expressed in random nested forms,
in warm relief twixt straw and rock,
the slight mutations with each turn
are stronger combos e’er unlocked.
In warm relief twixt straw and rock,
they grow and ready for the trip
with fitter combos now unlocked;
their brighter puzzles now commit.
They’ve grown, are ready for the trip.
They group, compelled to northern mists.
Their brighter puzzles now commit
to ramble on when seasons shift.
My offering today in a pantoum form.
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Peter from Australia is today’s host of dVerse’ Meet the Bar. Peter says:
Tonight let’s circle round, let’s end where we started.
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A fun science pantoum! 😀
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Haha! Glad you like it, Merril 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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Love this!
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Thank you, Lucy!
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The pantoun is an excellent form to express the growth… It’s almost like ferns unfurling.
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Many thanks, Bjorn, yes it is.
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A pantoum Lisa – lovely – a koala stamp for you 🐨 – So like the energy building in this – i can imagine those birdies getting ready, talking about it some more and then bam – they’re off.
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:::blushing::: Thank you, Peter. Animals that migrate thousands of miles every season always astound me. Did you hear that dolphins were spotted in NYC harbor? Hoping the flooding in your part of the world subsides. Better than wildfires, but not by much.
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This is beautifully encapsulated, Lisa!! 💝💝 I love; “Expressed in random nested forms.” 😀
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So happy you enjoyed it, Sanaa ❤
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Really well done! It sings! The pantoum calls to me as I like repetition, but I seem unable to muster the patience required for the form.
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Come up with the first line which will be the last line and then fill in the rest. Easy peasy! I dare you! Glad you like my take on it, Alexandra 🙂
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haha easy peasy Your mouth to the Muse’s ear!
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🙂 I saw, but heard first, my first robin of the season today. I was going to make it specifically on robins but opened it up to all migrating critters.
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I love your poem on the instincts of the natural world to ramble on with the season changes and the pursuit of a mate cycling over and over again. Well done!
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Thank you and glad you like it, Dwight!
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You are welcome!
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great pantoum about nature Lisa, lovely!
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Many thanks, Kate. Glad you enjoyed it.
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reading your posts is a real joy Lisa!
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You just made my day, thank you ❤
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great keep smiling!
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Fantastic pantoun — the form perfectly fitting the theme. Well done Lisa. ❤️
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Thank you, Dora ❤
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Lovely poem!
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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They are so divinely programmed to “ramble on when seasons shift” and it almost seems like the pantoum form was designed just for them here! 👏👏
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Tricia what a nice thing to say. Much appreciated!
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I really enjoyed this splicing of science with nature, which are all part of the same continuum after all: great pantoum!
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Thanks, Ingrid! The first robin of the season landed in the yard yesterday which was my muse.
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Excellent! I love this!
Nature is really far more full of helices than circles. Even planetary orbits are really helices because the whole solar system is moving around the galactic centre.
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Kate, thank you! Since you are a scientist, what do you think of the concept that galaxies are the cosmic way-macroscopic versions of slow-moving cells?
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cool! I haven’t come across that concept before. It’s interesting, and could make a nice starting point for a sci fi story. As a (pedantic) scientist I wouldn’t try to push the analogy too far. Considering galaxies on a scale such that one cell = one galaxy (about 1 micron to 1000 l.y), galaxies are much simpler than cells, with much simpler interactions between the parts.
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Galaxies as much simpler than cells is mind-boggling!
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Great choice of music, Lisa! Led Zeppeling has always been my husband’s favourite band and Robert Plant his idol. Did you take the title from the song or match the song to the title? A pantoum was the perfect choice for genes, groups and splice hellices. I love the rhythm and sounds in these lines:
‘In warm relief twixt straw and rock,
they grow and ready for the trip
with fitter combos now unlocked;
their brighter puzzles now commit.’
Puzzles indeed!
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Thank you, Kim for your wonderful comment and feedback. For the poem, I chose pantoum first, then when I saw the robin I chose migration, and a blog-mate has been covering Led Zeppelin songs all week so I thought of the song.
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Such beautiful birds! 😍
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🙂 Yes they are! I picked the prettiest ones I could find.
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You did a great job! 😁👍
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Thanks!
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Good job Lisa….love the entire meaning of it…and the way it’s constructed.
and of course, I love the song you have at the end.
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Thank you, Max. I love how these guys keep on keeping on with their music. They still sound as good as they did even with a few years under their belt.
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Oh! My! Osis!
I think every 7th grade biology student should read this. What fun! But getting the chance for those helices to mix and splice to fly out into the world takes some hard scrabble sometimes. Love it!
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Lovely comment, Lona, and yes!
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Another great poem
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Thank you, Rainbow! Love your handle.
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Oh thank you
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