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Tony Williams' #Sciku has such a certain structure to it, lines 1 & 2 setting up the 3rd, giving providing depth & context. We don't need to know the laws that drive the universe to obey them. knowing nothing of Brownian motion… pollen dancing on a pond thescikuproject.com/2026/07/16/w...

World in motion by Tony Williams - The Sciku Project

knowing nothing // of Brownian motion… // pollen dancing on a pond - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Tony's poem!

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Thanks to Andrew Holmes for hosting my #sciku on an Iliad finding. Sadly, the poem is all-too-relevant as a #newsku today. @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

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This is such a clever and thought-provoking #Sciku by @jamespenha.bsky.social. I love the elegance and restraint of that first line, the way it deepens the wit of the rest of the poem. no, I'm not surprised— it takes forever to digest the horrors of war #Iliad thescikuproject.com/2026/07/13/l...

This is such a clever and thought-provoking #Sciku by @jamespenha.bsky.social. I love the elegance and restraint of that first line, the way it deepens the wit of the rest of the poem. no, I'm not surprised— it takes forever to digest the horrors of war #Iliad thescikuproject.com/2026/07/13/l...

Librocubicularist by James Penha - The Sciku Project

no, I'm not surprised— // it takes forever to digest // the horrors of war - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about James' mummy sciku!

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🧪 A sciku on work from Ido Kaminer et al at the Technion showing faster than light travel within a light wave. More details in the link. faster than light the darkness within 🙏 to Andrew Holmes for featuring this on @thescikuproject.bsky.social thescikuproject.com/2026/07/09/t...

The Darkness Within by Mike Fainzilber - The Sciku Project

faster than light // the darkness // within - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Mike's relativity sciku!

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Thanks to Andrew Holmes for hosting my “Canopy Anyone?” sciku today at thescikuproject.com/2026/07/06/c... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

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@jamespenha.bsky.social's poetry is so playful & melodic, rooted in such fascinating real world science. Today's is no different, a wonderful #Sciku about a joyous moment of #Conservation. the orangutans will finally cross that bridge when they come to it thescikuproject.com/2026/07/06/c...

@jamespenha.bsky.social's poetry is so playful & melodic, rooted in such fascinating real world science. Today's is no different, a wonderful #Sciku about a joyous moment of #Conservation. the orangutans will finally cross that bridge when they come to it thescikuproject.com/2026/07/06/c...

Canopy Anyone? by James Penha - The Sciku Project

the orangutans // will finally cross the bridge // when they come to it - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about James' sciku!

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There's such witty exasperation in Mark Valentine's excellent #Sciku, with some fascinating science behind it as the question turns from 'can we?' to 'should we?' soul of the dodo awaiting de-extinction sighs don't don't #Dodo #ScienceHaiku #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2026/07/02/d...

Dodo No No by Mark Valentine - The Sciku Project

soul of the dodo // awaiting de-extinction // sighs don't don't - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Mark's Dodo sciku!

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A fantastic #Sciku by Norazha Paiman. Thought provoking with a wonderful use of language, both across the poem & in the 2nd line (read the background to discover the language of stars!) entropy wins, slow the last star dims its language silence without ears thescikuproject.com/2026/06/11/a...

After the Final Photon by Norazha Paiman - The Sciku Project

entropy wins, slow // the last star dims its language // silence without ears - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about Norazha's poem!

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A deeply moving and powerful tanka by Douglas J. Lanzo today, highlighting both the impacts of extreme climate and the capacity of elephants to grieve. desiccated bones by parched watering hole caressed by the trunk of a daughter clinging to mother's memories thescikuproject.com/2026/05/28/g...

Grief-Stricken Memories of an Elephant Calf by Douglas J. Lanzo - The Sciku Project

Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Doug's moving elephant scitanka, and learn about the grieving process of elephants!

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Today's poem is an excellent #Tanka by Doug Lanzo, juxtaposing the scales of humans and ants, as well as our mutual enjoyment of hotdogs! pavement ants hoist bacon bits and sauerkraut along sidewalk cracks as we savor hot dogs overloaded with flavor thescikuproject.com/2026/05/14/h...

Hell's Kitchen Houdinis of Hotdogs by Douglas J. Lanzo - The Sciku Project

Visit The Sciku Project to discover Doug's incredible pavement ant tanka and learn about the amazing hotdog-eating power of ants!

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A fantastic #Sciku by Douglas Lanzo, the roundness of 'plumes' contrasting with the harsh 'fire, sulfur and ash'. And what a topic too, well worth clicking through to read more about Doug's poem! plate tectonics plumes of fire, sulfur and ash erupting undersea thescikuproject.com/2026/04/30/v...

Volcanoes Transforming Dark Depths by Douglas J. Lanzo - The Sciku Project

plate tectonics // plumes of fire, sulfur and ash // erupting undersea - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Doug's poem!

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Doug Lanzo's #Sciku perfectly captures a sublime moment of avian courtship. It's a wonderfully balanced poem that lives up to its enchanting subject matter. perfect synchrony of two soulmates the mating dance of grebes #Grebes #ScienceHaiku #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2026/04/23/s...

Soulful synchrony by Douglas J. Lanzo - The Sciku Project

perfect synchrony // of two soulmates // the mating dance of grebes - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Doug's poem.

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An excellent #Sciku by Tony Williams, the combination of the second and third lines conveying so much in eight simple words and balancing the starkness of the first line. radio waves— I roll over and try not to think #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #RadioWaves thescikuproject.com/2026/04/15/t...

Tuning in... by Tony Williams - The Sciku Project

radio waves— // I roll over // and try not to think - Visit The Sciku Project to learn about Tony's radio wave poem!

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In Kathy Gillen's excellent #Sciku 'blob' works perfectly as a cut, balancing the twists of 'entangled'. Its an incredible first line, setting up the rest of the poem! Entangled worm blob Seeking connection with mates Much like a mosh pit #ScienceHaiku thescikuproject.com/2026/04/13/b...

Banding together by Kathy Gillen - The Sciku Project

Entangled worm blob // Seeking connection with mates // Much like a mosh pit - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about Kathy's blackworm sciku!

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Scott Edgar's latest poem exemplifies the power of haiku, deceptively simple but carrying so much meaning. I cannot recommend it enough, and the background is beautifully written as well! thinking I lost you then I remember you are encoded in me #Sciku thescikuproject.com/2026/04/02/s...

still with me by Scott Edgar - The Sciku Project

thinking I lost you // then I remember you are // encoded in me - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Scott's sciku!

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Delighted to have Jonathan Aylett back with this excellent #Sciku that cleverly compares neutrinos and relationships, a lovely combination of the personal and fundamental. flying neutrinos that faint sense of attraction when our orbits cross #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2026/03/30/f...

flying neutrinos by Jonathan Aylett - The Sciku Project

flying neutrinos // that faint sense of attraction // when our orbits cross - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Jonathan's sciku

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There's such a reassuring confidence about @jamespenha.bsky.social's poetry. Today's #Sciku is purposeful, restrained, wise & balanced, and inspired by a fascinating article too. you will not step twice in the same river as long as you are alive #ScienceHaiku thescikuproject.com/2026/03/26/s...

So What’s the Matter? by James Penha - The Sciku Project

you will not step twice // in the same river as long // as you are alive - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about James' dynamic sciku!

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I love how one piece of punctuation calls the whole poem into question in @tinamatijev.bsky.social's latest #Sciku. It's a fantastic poem and the science behind is well worth checking out too! The secret marriage of dark matter and fifth force. A matter of fact? thescikuproject.com/2026/03/12/d...

Dark Matter by Martina Matijević - The Sciku Project

The secret marriage // of dark matter and fifth force. // A matter of fact? - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Martina's sciku!

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Such an excellent poem by Norazha Paiman, I love the way the two halves say similar things but in starkly different ways. I challenge you to find a more powerful third line of a #Sciku! We only see stars that died millennia past— the sky is a tomb. thescikuproject.com/2026/03/05/l...

Light's Posthumous Letter by Norazha Paiman - The Sciku Project

We only see stars // that died millennia past— // the sky is a tomb. - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Norazha's sciku!

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Debbie Lee's latest #Sciku has a truly outstanding second line, the abruptness of it makes the line so powerful & that quite sibilance in the middle gives a wonderful flow. Menstrual health research Uterus as sentinel Tampon-based study. thescikuproject.com/2026/02/25/u...

Uterus as sentinel by Debbie Lee - The Sciku Project

Menstrual health research // Uterus as sentinel // Tampon-based study. - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about Debbie's poem!

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Delighted to feature this wonderful #Sciku by Nancie Zivetz-Gertler, I love the way it moves from the chemical to the visual to something... more. Enchanting! mix in some sugar and the red only deepens the leaves are changing #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Fall thescikuproject.com/2026/02/20/c...

changing leaves by Nancie Zivetz-Gertler - The Sciku Project

mix in some sugar // and the red only deepens // the leaves are changing - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Nancie's poem!

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Doug Lanzo has a knack of building incredibly vivid images in your mind line-by-line. This #Sciku is a great example, the third line is the final piece of an exquisite puzzle. red-billed quelea millions of birds mirroring shifting sands #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2026/02/16/f...

Fantastical Flocks That Feast by Douglas J. Lanzo - The Sciku Project

red-billed quelea // millions of birds mirroring // shifting sands - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Doug's fantastic sciku!

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