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Donating blood that just may kill someone.

And though to donate is quite kind,

Not for everyone, I find.

Having babies just could

maybe change

a mother’s system

for all time.

One

Two

Three

Relaxing with a fishing pole:

You may not be the apex predator.

A fish could have the final word,

In a weird way that occurred.

Paramedics save a life by

pulling out a

Dover sole.

Four

Five

Six

A horror story from our kin:

I hardly think that I can read this one.

Infanticide may not be rare,

Among the male chimps that dare.

Hiding in the bush

may be

the only way

to win.

There’s something

New

Each

Day.

A silly app was worth the price:

A wrist computer may have saved his life.

His resting heart rate showed distress,

A sign of pulmonary stress.

Sent him out for help instead

of trying hard to find

an educated guess.

There’s something

New

Each

Day.

A little research doesn’t aid:

To prove the worth of magic mushrooms.

You’d like to think the sadness fades,

But this one doesn’t make the grade.

Now we have hypotheses

to carry on

For more decades.

There’s something

New

Each

Day.

Can the depths of Earth effect the sky:

Volcanoes may have doomed an ancient land.

Though flecks of aerosols are small,

A cloud could change the rainfall.

When floods were good

a drought could

destroy the crops

supporting urban sprawl.

There’s something

New

Each

Day.

by Kate Rauner

Could a random list of articles fit into a single poem? Maybe – with inspiration from The Beatles. Here’s the list, though I need help with my poem’s cadence.