It was a simple request: “Try and put the fun back into microbiology”. I was about to write a new practical course for first year students, and apparently there had been complaints that microbiology is just another form of cookbook chemistry. Discussions showed that they liked the idea of doing their own experiments without a pre-determined outcome. Of course, with living microorganisms, safety must be a major concern, and some control was needed to prevent hazardous surprises, but “fun” and safety are not mutually exclusive.
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Participants were handed an interesting writing challenge this morning. We were asked to write an “under the microscope” poem; either literal or metaphorical.
I doubt many of us can leap into our labs, scan a few slides and take up the scientific poetic slant, but you never know. I may try one later today; I do have a couple of ideas that travel that path.
My first attempt to satisfy this challenge is below. I’m not sure why Muse took me on this tangent, but it was the first thought to jump up and demand my attention.
I hope you enjoy the resulting fare.
What Price Celebrity
What price paid for fame
That we seek this scrutiny?
What price extracted in a game
Of hide and seek and infamy?
What price do innocents pay
For camera shots at school,
Where others are brought to bay
And thrill-makers stand to drool?
What price for bodies abused
For weight, highs, lows, or sleep?
What price to be so pursued,
In the name of love, admiration deep?
What price paid for a moment’s peace
Within the fish bowl of personal making?
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4 Comments on Poetry’s Microscope: PAD Challenge 22, last added: 4/22/2012
Clauds, I tried over and over and over and over and over and over and oh you get my drift to comment at PA, with no success. Just trying to say that your expression is spot on, and exactly how I feel. FABULOUS poem.
Marie Elena
I’m glad you could try. Did your microscope get stuck in OVERdrive? Thanks, Marie Elena. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Claudsy: right on! it was my original thought for the prompt kind off.. more like “celeb role model” but I settled for internal scrutiny.
Meena, we seem to perceive things similarly often.