L ABORATORIES are such awesome places
A CHEMISTRY LAB can split the ATOM
B IOLOGY LABS full of strange and weird
O RGANISMS some dead ~ and some half dead
R ATS ~ Students & Staff ~ Fish & Skeletons !
A ND PHYSICS LABS ~ are packed full with GIZMOS
T O MEASURE ~ Heat ~ Light ~ Sound and Magnetics
O R ELECTRICS ~ Electromagnetic
R ADIATION from Micro to Gamma !
I'VE studied and worked in Labs ~ since I was
E LEVEN and will do until I die
S CIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS CHANGED THE WORLD !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Exothermic Hugs ~ BRIAN
I've never seen a POEM "In Praise of Laboratories" so I thought
I had better redress the balance ! They are such awesome places
of wonder and delight and discoveries and I am sure you all have
exciing memories of peering down through Microscopes and also
peering up through Telescopes to bring the very small and the very
distant into Human Focus. All the great discoveries ~ Atomic and
Molecular Structure ~ Radioactivity ~ Drugs ~ Plastics ~ Metals &
Alloys ~ Electromagnetism ~ "Engines" ~ Human Anatomy ~ Plant
and Animal Biochemistry ~ Genetics and the structure of DNA and
Experimental Psychology etc etc were all made in LABORATORIES !
Shrines to Science where Nobel Men & Women ~ think GOD'S
THOUGHTS after Him and discover the Beauty ~ Purpose ~ Order
and Design behind the smooth running of the Universe in general
and Planet Earth in particular. So as a Scientist I try to work hand
in hand with our CREATOR GOD to better understand and preserve
what He has done and not damage or destroy HIS LIVING PLANET !
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Never realized as much about the diversity in labs. before Brian - - an interesting read and clever acrostic.
Thanks FAY ~ because Science is essentially a Practical Subject ~ also bcause of HEALTH & SAFETY ~ properly constructd and staffed LABORATORIES are essential in all Secondary Schools ~ Sixth forms ~ Colleges and Universities ad of course in Industry and Research Centres etc etc ! "Of the making of Labs there is no end and much research is weariness of the BRAIN !" Thanks for your comment ! Blank Verse Acrostics do have readability and rhythm but each line has to start with the correct letter in the correct order and (in this case) have ten syllables. It also helps if each line (or group of lines) makes sense. However I find it more difficult to write MODERN POETRY which lacks Rhyme ~ Rhythm ~ and often Reason ! Yours BRIAN
A fine write Brian. But oh no, not animal experiments surely?!
VIVISECTION ~ A large and emotive subject STEVE ~ Personally I believe some experiments ~ using Lab reared animals ~ is still essential in medical research. We grow MICROORGANISMS (under lab conditions) and then sacrifice them to extract metabolites (for drug trials etc). Do MICROORGANISMS have feelings. Also we do a lot of research into BIOSYNTHESIS using living Plants ~ where does on draw the line ~ do you eat MEAT ~ bred for Human consumption ? Yours BRIAN
I do love me some science, even if that's not what I'm planning on going into, I'll still probably be interested in it!
Awesome write
Thanks AZURA ~ pleased you have an interest in Science. To understand what is happening in the 21st C a knowledge of Science & Technology of is as equally as important as Numeracy ~ Literacy ~ Computing and the Arts. Scientific Hugs ~ BRIAN
Well plenty of reason here - congrats on giving the lab a thumbs up - so often just taken for granted if it's taken for anything at all that is.
Thanks MICHAEL ~ I've had such fun working in LABS for the last 22 years (11 ~ 33) and earning a CRUST ~ that i thought I should give them a mention. Thanks for your support ~ BRIAN
Another great poem by the master of Acrostic poems.
Never thought of it before, but you are right, nobody ever mentions labs!
Thanks FRED ~ LABORATORIES ~ like so many essential thins in Life in the Northern hemisphere we take for granted ! Water on tap ~ Hospitals ~ Air Boat Bus & Rail travel ~ Supamarkets overflowing with fresh food etc and for Health & Safety and developing new drugs ~ materials ~ alloys ~ dyestuffs etc there are thousands of people working in LABS ~ Day & Night ! Yours BRIAN
Great acrostic! I remember the first time I got to look in a microscope in a lab. I was hooked! But I see a very clever write here, Brian! Hugs, Christina
Thanks CHRIS ~ Pleased you love Laboratories and all the wonderful Apparatus and Gizmos they contain, Microscopes are awesome. We have purchased 20 for our new Microbiology Lab (£300 each $400) and some are fitted with a camera so that students can make a copy of the magnified slide. Any GIRL who loves a Microscope is "My Kind of Girl" ! Thanks for appreciating both the Structure & Subject of the Poem ! .Have a great day Telescopic Hugs ~ BRIAN
Good write, I was an Analytical Chemist at the beginning of my working life.
Thanks ANDY ~ No higher calling than ~ "Those who sail into their LABS in white clothing and occupy their Business with Pipettes ~ Burettes ~ Comical Flasks and are Weighed in the Balances analytically ~ Oh yes I remember it well !" You ~ more than most ~ will appreciate that Labs are the Shangri La of the Working World ! Yours BRIAN
This is amazing Brian!A tribute to your work 🙂
Thanks FRIEND ~ Pleased you liked ! I love LABS all the major Scientific Discoveries are made in LABS ! Yours BRIAN (UK)
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