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 …
Vero Verse Brain Plasticity
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 …
Vero Verse One Way Street
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 …
Vero Verse Bauhaus
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 …
Vero Verse 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, church key …
Vero Verse Beetles and Beatles
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 …
Vero Verse Break A Leg
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, …
Vero Verse Break A Leg
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 …
Vero Verse Big History Starts the Second After
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 …
Vero Verse Alligator
Alligator They’re fast as a sneeze and low to the groundIt’s in murky ponds where alligators are foundIt’s a myth that they can’t turn 90 degreesIf chased run quickly, or you’ll be Swiss cheeseHumans don’t …
Vero Verse Aggression
Aggression An act of aggressionIs anger’s expressionEmotions eruptAimed to disruptSpawning wrath unrelentingBy vocal or physical venting Is this visceral reactionThe only satisfactionThere are other pathsTo alleviate wrathsAggression never will dispelNor ever does it quellLike war’s …
Vero Verse For the Love of it.
For the Love of it Limerick When trying to output Ogden NashHis 650 rhymes are a smash Like a horse in a steeplechase I wrote till I stepped in first placeThis endeavor at no time …
Vero Verse Curb it!
Curb it! Limerick Why speak with ire Why not inspire Nary a word Will be heard When anger is on fire