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Haiku Contest Update
More Poems Shared
Readers have
responded enthusiastically to our invitation to vote for their
favorite poems in our Epi Monitor Haiku contest. We selected 25
finalists and asked readers to vote for three of their favorite poems
and to rank them.
Readers who have
not yet voted may do so by sending an email to
epimon@aol.com and listing their favorite poems by number. Amazon
$25 gift cards will be given away free to a group of randomly selected
readers who vote in the contest by July 31, 2016. The top 25 poems
chosen as finalists were published last month and can be viewed below.
We received many
positive comments about the contest and readers clearly enjoyed the
poems. Given the interests, we are publishing below a list of a few
other poems which were not selected as finalists but deserve
“honorable mention” and are fun to read.
Vote for 3 favorite
poems now among these 25 finalists at
epimon@aol.com
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1.
“Association”
Be sure not to
confuse this
Word with “causation” |
2.
Preventable
deaths-
Epi curves
will save the world
If funding follows |
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3.
What study
design
To determine
risk factors
For chance to be excluded |
4.
Public health heroes
Tirelessly log cases
Each outbreak anew |
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5.
Statistician no
Population steward yes
Soul of public health |
6.
Germs or miasma
Disease incidence patterns
Will solve the outbreak |
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7.
Confounded no more
Perhaps association
Reveals causation |
8.
Access to data
Like a Y
chromosome, you’ve
Got or you
don’t |
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9.
Disease shed
data
Epidemiology
Spreads understanding |
10.
Across
disciplines
Epidemiologist
Sleuth of diseases |
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11.
Disease within
few
Provides us
with the insight
To prevent in more |
12.
If it isn’t
fun
You know it
can’t be epi-
demiology |
13.
With Snow in
pursuit
Of pump handle
causation
A science is born |
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14.
Big data is
rage
Dud
correlation is sin
Enter epi sage |
15.
The symphony of
Epidemiology
Brings music to life |
16.
It’s
foundational
Epidemiology
For public health |
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17.
No kisses tonight
Winter period of the flu
Between the lovers |
18.
Genies grant
wishes
But poor epi
researchers
Wish for grants instead |
19.
Snow steps
into save
City plagued
by cholera
Water way to go |
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20.
John Snow at Broad Street-
Epidemiology
Really at its best |
21.
Propensity score
Trimming tails off, to become
Comparative groups |
22.
Death is those we love
Gives pain of understanding
To save many more |
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23.
Egg salad,
stuffed ham
Hot sun, cool
shade, eat and play
Outbreak tomorrow |
24.
Silent fall of
tears
Wasted grant
and squandered youth
P of point o six |
25.
Disease
detective
Searching for
a cause and cure
Alas, no funding |
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“Honorable Mentions”
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1.
Wine, sweets,
meat and dough -
Your well-being's friend or foe?
Observe and follow |
2.
Disease
detective
Searching for a cause and cure
Alas, no funding |
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3.
No kisses
tonight
Winter period of the flu
Between the lovers |
4.
Studying epi
We strive to contribute to
Human well-being |
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5.
No words can describe
How less than point zero five
Epi is for life |
6.
Epidemics abound
Epidemiology controls, prevents
Succor arrives |
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7.
Never forget to mention
Wash you melons! e coli
Rises on the knife blade |
8.
Public health
heroes
Tirelessly log cases
Each outbreak anew |
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9.
Preventable
deaths
Epi curves will save the world
If funding follows |
10.
Access to data
Like a Y chromosome, you've
Got it or you don't |
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11.
Confound no more
Perhaps association
Reveals causation |
12.
Germs or miasma
Disease incidence patterns
Will solve the outbreak |
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13.
Short cough - a hand grasps
The bus railing. Tomorrow
We all wake up sick. |
14.
Pounding feet, heart beat
Thumps in my ears. Thirteen miles
Done! I am alive! |
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