A Curio Shop's Notebook
The Colors of Becoming a Biologist
A curio shop’s notebook,
Cased in forest green.
An impulse:
Storage for the field’s discoveries.
Dull pencil, thick white paper.
Feverish research notes,
Scribbled data,
And quick sketches of pelicans & pines.
Experiment in gray.
Little boxes filled with tick marks,
Makeshift graph,
A note: “more data needed”.
Brown, muddied pages.
Hypotheses between puddles.
A thesis.
The wrinkle of tropical rain on paper.
A novel’s foreword in blue ink,
A project proposal,
An essay,
Hopes of becoming Muir or Thoreau.
A sketch of a hummingbird,
Labeled "iridescent purple."
A note:
"Behavior: delightfully brave & curious."
Musings on life and the universe.
Philosophy in black ink.
A diary,
The recording of new revelations.
A pressed yellow flower, spp. unknown.
Fading, delicate petals.
A poem;
Naturalism invading research's space.
A curio shop’s notebook,
Pastel from sun & adventure.
A slice of life:
A young scientist’s mind, evolving.
About the Creator
Olivia L. Dobbs
Science Enthusiast, Naturalist, Dreamer, Nerd.
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