{"id":2952,"date":"2024-04-24T15:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2024-09-04T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:06:07","slug":"curiosity-did-not-kill-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/curiosity-did-not-kill-the-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity did NOT Kill the Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gwendolyn Richardson<\/em><br \/>\n<em>School of Veterinary Medicine<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2023<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Poem<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a saying I\u2019ve never liked<br \/>\nOne deserving deletion, it should be striked<br \/>\nIt states that curiosity often leads to tragedy<br \/>\nThis, indeed, is far removed from reality<br \/>\nI declare, curiosity did not kill the cat<br \/>\nIt saved it, and known should be that<\/p>\n<p>The fervent desire to find answers<br \/>\nIs the commonality between all advancers<br \/>\nNo question classified as \u201ctoo complex\u201d to address<br \/>\nBy those in our world who make actual progress<br \/>\nIt is through those who dare to seek explanations<br \/>\nThat we see betterment for generations<br \/>\nI declare, curiosity did not kill the cat<br \/>\nIt saved it, through removing free thought\u2019s hemostat<\/p>\n<p>The demand for advancements should be our response<br \/>\nA revival of thoughts leading to a new renaissance<br \/>\nThe need to help animals we must not ignore<br \/>\nWhere transforming information to application is stood up for<br \/>\nTo incite query is a positive externality<br \/>\nEach quest for further knowledge pursued with tenacity<br \/>\nI declare, curiosity did not kill the cat<br \/>\nIt saved it, providing a new way it\u2019s looked at<\/p>\n<p>Difficult, it is, to cement one\u2019s legacy<br \/>\nOnly accomplished, it can be, through writing one\u2019s own destiny<br \/>\nCalled for, was I, to care for creatures great and small<br \/>\nNeeded is the acquisition of education to answer this call<br \/>\nI declare, curiosity did not kill the cat<br \/>\nCuriosity saved it, and that\u2019s a fact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwendolyn Richardson School of Veterinary Medicine 2023 Poem &nbsp; There is a saying I\u2019ve never liked One deserving deletion, it should be striked It states that curiosity often leads to tragedy This, indeed, is far removed from reality I declare, curiosity did not kill the cat It saved it, and known should be that The&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/curiosity-did-not-kill-the-cat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2024-issue","category-writing","tag-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2981,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/2981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebling.library.wisc.edu\/corpus-callosum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}