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PZ Myers tipped me off to a science poetry contest:
Dr. Charles is having a Poetry Contest, with wonderful prizes to be awarded to the winner with the best poem about "experiencing, practicing, or reflecting upon a medical, scientific, or health-related matter."
Rules, details, and submission guidelines here.
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And if you do come up with some good ones, please consider blogging them, and submitting to Open Lab, which will include at least one poem.
