The Bodiless – Short Poem

What if you had no physical form? No body to call your own? You simply existed in incorporeal form. When you cannot be seen, how would you let others know of your being? Do you scream until your voice is no longer heard or do you make yourself known through a certain sense of intuition […]

Poetry ~ Too Much (Friday Funnies) by Sue Viseth

Weirdos Unite! This is my first attempt at a reblog, so after reading up on some Reblogging Etiquette I am adding a few extra lines in here: This is wonderful little poem by Sue Viseth over at An Artist’s Path, one I can really relate to and hence decided to share 🙂 Please make sure to […]

Dragon Spirit – Short Poem

The Dragon raises its head from slumbers deep against those who seek to destroy its inner keep Many a battle it has fought before drawing upon the power within its glowing core it will allow this transgression no more! Sometimes fire is the only measure against those who would steal your crafted treasures do not […]

My Silent Refuge: An Observation during Meditation – Short Poem

The rain patters against my shell. A distant roar of thunder reverberates against my shield. My breath rises and falls to the ebb and flow of my mind. Another crash of waves on my shore. The sea of chatter pulls away once more. Don’t indulge the nagging, let it through – in by the front […]

Dear Narcissist: I’ll take My Happiness and Go – Short Poem

In a world of black and white, where anything anyone does is wrong and only you are right. From your subjective deluded perspective you have but one objective. Spite, vengeance and scorn swirl within your heart’s storm. Always having the last word and endlessly casting blame. All an attempt to gain your rightful empty fame. […]

Begryp: ‘n Afrikaanse Gedig / Realise: an Afrikaans Poem

In die feëwoude Raak dit al hoe benouder Want voëlneste word verwyder En hoeveelheid inwoners al hoe kleiner Is daar geen verligting? Aan die oprigting? Daar is geen meer bome Vir die beeldskone Woudgeeste om onder te dans Deur die dag en saans Niemand gee om Want die mensdom is stom Hul kinders gaan eendag […]

Writing Journal of a Scientist: Run The Ink Dry – Drabble

No piece of writing is worthy of destruction – yes, it may be cringe worthy, but half-formed ideas hide between the bad grammar and spelling mistakes. These precious little insights will be nourished when the water of the muses flow. Crumbs of inspiration quickly transform into beautifully composed pieces. Never throw away any article of […]

We are Borg: How Ticks Assimilate Genetic Adaptation

To most people parasites are gruesome creatures, likely the feature of nightmares. Yet, they are fascinating organisms from an evolutionary perspective (read more about Tick Origins and the Fossil Record). They are prime examples of the evolutionary arms-race, where parasite and host try to outwit one another through biological adaptation. Unlike plant ectoparasites, animal parasites […]

Writing Journal of a Scientist: Whose Drabble Is It Anyway?

A fitting lighthearted post to start the new year. A drabble is a 100-word writing piece, which explains a concept fully. So, for my own amusement I decided to take up the challenge, maybe even dabble in a bit of drabble more regularly on this blog. Drabbling is quite appealing to me, because I think that […]

Ticks in the Fossil Record: How the cousin of the Spider became a Blood-sucking Vampire

Ticks are blood-feeding external parasites. Truly disgusting creatures and I still say this even after I had studied them for four years. How did they become such repulsive organisms? To glimpse an answer, let’s take a walk down the earth’s memory lane and explore the ancestral fossils from which they came. Fossils are used to […]