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Elements of the Periodic Table by ~shroomish:iconshroomish:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Experimental > Typographical




Li, Lithium: Corrosive words.
Ta, Tantalum: Irresistible desire.
Ge, Germanium: Beds of beautiful red flowers.
Kr, Krypton: Bleached skeletons on beds of stone.
Ra, Radium: The light at the end of the tunnel.
Na, Sodium: The froth of crashing waves.
Cr, Chromium: Skin of the future.
Co, Cobalt: Cold nights with indigo skies.
Mg, Magnesium: The super villain with a death ray.
U, Uranium: What they’re all snickering about.
Rh, Rhodium: Thumbing it across the country.
K, Potassium: Bananas can kill you.
In, Indium: Never seeing another soul ever again.
Xe, Xenon: Photocopying atoms.
Nb, Niobium: The new plateau of organic existence.
Zr, Zirconium: Bright and beautiful, your best friend.
As, Arsenic: Pirates in a sea of poison.
Fr, Francium: Your next door neighbour.
Sb, Antimony: Happily ever after.
Ce, Cerium: The pulsating mind is ceaseless.
Ag, Silver: A splinter stuck in your finger.
H, Hydrogen: Champagne buoyancy in flute glasses.
Al, Aluminium: The best, of the best, of the best. Sir.
N, Nitrogen: Crude, green, bubbling substance of toxicity.
C, Carbon: A crash on the freeway.  
Hg, Mercury: Precious platinum blood in the palm of your hand.
V, Vanadium: Graffiti scrawled over wall after wall.
Si, Silicon: Jesters and jokers in the court.
Os, Osmium: The Emerald City and the Lollipop Guild.
Sc, Scandium: Grifters and con men.
Am, Americium: Land of the free.
Ho, Holmium: Getting on your knees, praying for forgiveness.    
©2005-2009 ~shroomish
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Author's Comments

Taking some, not all, of the elements of the periodic table and writing the first thing that comes to my head when I read out the name of an element. You can try this with almost any list; preferrably a list of name,s just because it's easier.

It's a twist on an old trick.

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~ambientrain Mar 2, 2005, 4:18:37 AM
This is so clever. I must try it one day. Imagery created is great. I love the one for Mercury.
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~shroomish Mar 2, 2005, 12:19:41 PM
Thanks so much. I liked Mercury too, but it was actually the hardest one to do because the sentence structure was always off, I don't like to repeat a word too much, etc.

Mercury came from a memory of my grade 7 science teacher who was telling us all about the wonders of the periodic table. He'd stand up at the front of the class and just stare at the periodic table, point to an element and tell us about it. He told us a story of how, when he was a kid in school, teachers let kids handle mercury in their hands. Then they found out it was poisonous. Somebody got the flu or something.

My science teacher had a unibrow. ^ ^

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This is not the beginning
This is not the end.
It simply Is.

Be Here Now.
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~ambientrain Mar 2, 2005, 8:11:45 PM
Haha unibrow lol. Thats a lovely story btw
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~shroomish Mar 3, 2005, 6:44:55 PM
He was the first science teacher to take me outside with the rest of the class and really have an interactive setting... one where we would all sit together and point at things and ownder "what's it made out of?" I guess by then I wasn't aware of cellular structures, plant cells, or cellulose carbhydrates and whatnot, but now that I am, I rmemebr having such a great class back then.

--
This is not the beginning
This is not the end.
It simply Is.

Be Here Now.
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~ambientrain Mar 3, 2005, 8:52:28 PM
Thats so cool, my science teachers are boring as. Except for one cos he's funny but still. The rest of them all have monotonous voices, bad hair cuts and crappy jumpers. Wish they were a bit more... interactive i guess.
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~shroomish Mar 5, 2005, 4:08:03 PM
What's wrong? (I don't personally believe that generalization myself, but still... What's wrong?)

--
This is not the beginning
This is not the end.
It simply Is.

Be Here Now.
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~shroomish Mar 5, 2005, 4:08:29 PM
What's wrong? (I don't personally believe that generalization myself, but still... What's wrong?)

--
This is not the beginning
This is not the end.
It simply Is.

Be Here Now.
:iconshroomish:
~shroomish Mar 5, 2005, 4:09:35 PM
Crappy jumpers?

--
This is not the beginning
This is not the end.
It simply Is.

Be Here Now.
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