“Through poetic April prolific,
In verses with vocab specific:
Each day’s iteration,
Chem communication,
With focus on rhyme scientific.”
The 30 April 2021 limerick wound down another National Poetry Writing Month, and it seems a good place to pause for a few weeks at the end of this spring semester, as well.
“Through poetic April prolific, /
In verses with vocab specific…”
The National Poetry Writing Month routine has continued to be a rewarding process since the first year I attempted it in 2019. After many years of learning “vocab specific” as part of my chemistry training, it has been a fun challenge to turn those terms into more creative writing, hearing the metric feet inherent in the jargon. This continued again in April 2022, and I will look forward to expanding on those verses here in the 22-23 academic year.
“Each day’s iteration, /
Chem communication, /
With focus on rhyme scientific.”
This is a bit of an oversimplification, as I note that not every poem from these April routines is truly chemistry- or science-focused; several focus on interdisciplinary overlaps, or springtime, or the unusual circumstances of these past few years. However, the majority “focus on rhyme scientific,” and I’ve written elsewhere of the value of the iterative routine, in this way.
As with last summer, I will take a few weeks off from these posts, then plan to spend some time in July on some more expansive essays and themes.
Chemphasis 