Airplane travel used to be funDressing up was requisite for everyone No going through security as they searched for contrabandIf the scanner didn’t find it, you’d be examined by handUp and down aisles, stewardess with …

When a burst of electrically disrupted my brainI wasn’t physically hurt but psychically painedWhen seizures transpire today’s laws requireYou can’t drive anything with a tire For me the inconvenience was clearLife goes from expansive to …

We should be ashamedAnd must take the blameFor depriving what earth requiresTo avoid more droughts, rising seas and firesThe only way to escape these conditionsIs to cut back on carbon emissions Climate has always waxed …

Since childhood many are toldSuccess in life demands a goalOften that advice is followed byWhat’s suitable for you to try Heed prudently another’s wordTelling you what’s preferred?Pick not what’s expectedOnly you can select-it Proceed not tenuouslyNor rush …

Cells are older than human historyTheir evolution a breathtaking mystery750 million years after Earth was formedThe first cells it seems were born Here’s information that probably will make you cryFat cells don’t disappear no matter …

Brain plasticity lets the brain adapt and changeThe extent of information, its scope and rangeIts neurons gather data plus dispatch commandsWith electrical signals our body understands The more you engage in any activityThe more you …

Spare me the tickertape in your headThere are many topics best left unsaid Repetition truly falls flatLike reporting every antic of your catEndless grandkids yarns, you find appealingCauses me to think of the time you’re …

Gropius, Breuer, van der Rohe, and WrightFelt former architectural forms just weren’t rightThe 20 th century was bursting with innovationsIn America and most European nationsBuilding designs must follow trendsModernizations necessitated aesthetic amendsTechnology reigned and form …

(Good Luck?) To make sure luck comes an actor’s wayWishing them to “break a leg” is what you sayHow the heck did this expression come to beIt’s stranger than calling a bottle opener, church key …

Beetles and Beatles Female beetles lay about 40 eggs a dayI bet they don’t have time for any sport or playMating males when finished with a flingNever lift a wing to rear their own offspring …

Break a Leg(Good Luck?) To make sure luck comes an actor’s wayWishing them to “break a leg” is what you sayHow the heck did this expression come to beIt’s stranger than calling a bottle opener, …

Break a Leg“(good luck?)” To ensure bad luck doesn’t come in an actor’s wayThe expression “break a leg” is the one to sayThis sounds ridiculous and the opposite of what is meantOne would think indisposition …

Big History Starts the Second After Big history starts the second afterThe big bang and then came hereafterAt first the universe was incredibly hot and denseA sort of a quark soup that had yet to …