Starry Nights : Illustrated Haiku

                             ***starry***

                                           nights                   *         

                                                               m *           

                                         yearning for  o   *

                                                               o   *

                                                                   n *

                                          among ^cl                   *

                                                      ^ou

                                                         ^ds 

                                 >>>>>>>e

                                >>>>>>>c

                                >>>>>>>h   

                            >>>>>>>>>o<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

                                                their                     

                                          l  o  n  g``````

                                                     i  n  g  s~~~

Poetry of Acquired Aplastic Anemia

Acquired aplastic anemia, 

rare in the West, common in Asia,

its fury, took the precious life of Marie Curie.

Overlaps in pathophysiology with,

myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia,

no one knows the triggering antigen,

or the perfect causative pathogen.

 Inflammatory cytokines, cytotoxic T-cells, mutations,

act as ammunitions,

destroying the bone marrow castle,

in a one-sided battle,

stem cells are killed in their own den,

with no chance of evolving into other cells,

trilineage pancytopenia is the outcome,

leaving the bone marrow in glum.

 But wait, there is hope,

with bone marrow transplant and immunosuppressive therapy,

there is a remedy.

 With further research, factors that merge,

to create acquired aplastic anemia

can be identified,

and,

battle against this disease can be won,

patients can live their life, without any strife.

 

Acquired aplastic anemia (aAA) is a life threatening disease. My doctoral thesis focused on aAA and therefore,  I dedicate this poem to all the patients and physicians , putting up a brave front against this disease. aAA was the reason of Madam Marie Curie's death as well, a great Nobel prize winning scientist and a great inspiration for all the women in science.

Gifts Of Night: Toddaid

                                  As the starry night descends on, earth’s lap

she brings heavenly sap, and her scent

she unfurls the moon, from under a veil

enchanting dales, with moonlight’s boon

her cape of bright stars, floats among flowers

forever showers, peace near and far

dreams shine bright, away from reality

embracing tranquility, of night

  Toddaid: A Welsh poetry form. Quatrains, L1 10 syllables, L2 9 syllables.

xxxxxxxA xb
xxxxbxxxA

 

Wounded Heart : Harlequin

A
wounded
tender heart
somewhere wriggles
writhes and withers
and the swollen
dim sombre
welkin
cries

 

Harlequin: Nine lines and twenty-five syllables. Syllable count:  1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1.

Flow Cytometry : Let The Cells Flow!

 

Aliens

 

Outlier

We know an outlier

can set data on fire.

If not removed,

results can be dire:

maybe by chance,

they tend to enhance

research’s errors,

at least at first glance..

But review the outlier,

while you enquire

and you may discover

some clues that inspire.

First published in International Journal Of Epidemiology.