~David Mitchell
We make a Thanksgiving Tree poster every year where we write things we're thankful for, like each other, our neighbors, our pets, tea, coffee, functioning kidneys, infrastructure, good pharmacists, vaccines, classes, car repair, Poetry Friday. There's a lot to be thankful for, and when it gets right down to it, the periodic table covers it all. Right?? I mean, I can't tell you how glad I am for carbon and don't get me started about oxygen.
Mary Soon Lee's Elemental haiku, a poetic periodic table on the AAAS's Science.org, is so fun. Maybe you've seen the table before, but her haiku bear revisiting. A sample:
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Beyond Literacy Link has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Carol!
Oh my, Tabatha, this is new to me & I want to 'mix' right in. The haiku are terrific, some ominous like "their radiant child" & the one that frightens - cannot quite shake/your poisonous snake." Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteOh I am with Linda B. and this is intriguing. So much richness here and a way to bring this table more to life! I know I would have had an easier time thinking of Haiku and the meaning of each element along with the science. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Poetry!!
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He He He (laughing gas)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the poetic chemical reaction, Tabatha. :)
These are amazing!
ReplyDeleteOoh -- I love the arsenic haiku. So clever. Hope you and the family are doing okay, Tabatha. Thinking about you all.
ReplyDeleteElemental and amazing! Too much science for my Friday brain to handle. But I want to come back to it! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThe period table monument is so cool. I've never seen that before. The elemental poems were also really fun. I shared with my science loving daughter and she thought they were funny. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post, Tabatha! I really enjoyed the #ChemHaiku poems. They are a great combination of literacy and science.I also love your Thanksgiving family idea. Have a wonderful TDay.
ReplyDeleteLove these (and that monument to the periodic table is so cool)!
ReplyDeleteThese are so clever. You find the best stuff, Tabatha.
ReplyDeleteWe, too, are so grateful for so many of the things you listed.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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ReplyDeleteHey Tabatha, these are fun in all their various shades and colors, I especially like the Arsenic haiku. Hope all is well by you and your family. I'm very thankful that a blood test of mine came back within the normal range–my modified food diet is working, Yay! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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