If you’re after in-depth information about hanky panky, tittle tattle, or even argy bargy then where better to look than the pages of SIL e-Books ? In particular, chapter 16 of ‘A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin*‘ – ‘Helter skelter and ñugl ñagl: English and Kalam Rhyming […]
Tag: Poetry
‘Stethoscope’ – and other medical poems
If you’re looking for poetic material with medical themes, the pages of the journal Medical Humanities are a good place to begin. The publication regularly features medically inspired poems – turn for example to Volume 37, Issue 1, which features : ● ‘Stethoscope’ (by Anne K Merritt) Here’s an extract : “She has wandered with […]
High quality literature production and mating success
“We hypothesized that the quantitative and qualitative literary output of famous writers would correlate with their number of mates, children, and grandchildren. We further assumed that writing lyric poetry would be more beneficial for mating success than nonpoetry because the former consists of more verbal handicaps (e.g., rhymes) than the latter and thus requires special […]
“Poetry and homeopathy: an exploration”
The field of Extradisciplinary Research, which does not yet exist, reached a zenith with this article published in the year 2006: “Poetry and homeopathy: an exploration” [Original Research Article], Jacqueline M. Mardon, Homeopathy, volume 95, issue 1, January 2006, pages 20-27. The author explains: “This paper explores a relationship between poetry and homeopathy…. Both poetry […]