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.
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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.
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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
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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
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A delightfully light-hearted #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social this week. Clever wordplay on top of dense quantum physics and not a dead/alive cat in sight!
quantum superpositioning myself in her g-B-o-A-o-D-d books
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Quantum #Schrödinger
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I can't work out whether the idea behind this excellent #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social is bleak or weirdly positive. Perhaps it's both? Either way, it's a great poem!
quantum worlds
every possibility
has an ending
#ScienceHaiku #ManyWorlds #SciComm
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There's a lovely balance to this #Sciku by Douglas J. Lanzo, I really enjoy feeling each line click into place in my mind & the use of repeated alliteration. Darn delightful!
desert drongo
mimicking meerkat sentries
to draw them off guard
#WildAfrica #SciComm
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Delighted to welcome Tony Williams back to The Sciku Project with this excellent #Sciku. It's a delightful concept and that first line is exquisite!
rockpool physics…
I dip my ToE
in the unfathomable water
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Theoryofeverything
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Eternally grateful to @haikuhawk.bsky.social for his wonderful and clever poetry. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
möbius strip
sending a thank-you card
for a thank-you card
#Sciku #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Mobius
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/22/e...
My first field expedition as a PhD student taught me that no matter how perfect your “sampling plan” is, the conditions of bog itself is what ultimately determines how many soil measurements you can take.
Here’s a #Sciku about this, from my lab notebook 🧪 to Bluesky!
#wetland #peat #phd #scicomm
Delighted to welcome @mack-baysinger.bsky.social with a wonderful #Sciku providing insights into the challenges of peat soil core collection. There's a fascinating story behind the poem too!
But seriously
How to get soil in a tube
Give us strength, peat gods
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We're starting 2026 with this phenomenal and poignant #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social. John is a master at blending the scientific and the personal in just a few gorgeously arranged words.
black hole horizon
the galaxy of freckles
mum used to own
#ScienceHaiku
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Lovely poem @haikuhawk.bsky.social
@mfainzilber.bsky.social's poetry always combines captivating writing with fascinating subjects. Today's #Sciku is no different, exploring the toxic relationships of blue ringed octopi:
love hurts
the semen
and the venom
#SciComm #SciArt #ScienceHaiku #Octopi
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The Sciku Project has been down over the past day or so (sorry!) but we're back online and if you missed it then check out @adashofseaglass.bsky.social's incredible #Sciku 'Yearning':
Galactic arms curl
Into tight spirals for warmth—
Sometimes, so do we.
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This #Sciku by @adashofseaglass.bsky.social is an enchanting balance of the science & the human. The word 'sometimes' is perfectly placed, balancing the poem & making us reflect.
Galactic arms curl
Into tight spirals for warmth—
Sometimes, so do we.
#SciArt
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So pleased to be joined by the Bard of Mars with a sequence of three beautifully written #Sciku that playfully link #Haiku & sub-atomic particles. Click through to read the rest of the poem!
Our Standard Model
houses seventeen beasts in
its particle zoo.
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Scott Edgar writes exceptional #Sciku. My favourite thing about his latest is how it reflects it's subject matter, the words reaching around its central pillar to reveal its truth.
Galaxies can run
But can't hide - Gravity's lens
Will bring them to light
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/27/a...
Maryam Imogen Ghouth has a way of writing incredibly inspirational #Sciku, melding the natural world with our own interactions & existence. Today's poem is a great example:
Too much water drowns.
Yet, windstorms force trees to grow.
We must ache to rise.
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/20/a...
This latest #Sciku by Mariya Gusev is utterly exquisite, for me it's about as perfect as a poem can be.
mountains and valleys
slip through a child's fingers
evening in the dunes
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Geology #Sand
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Such a bittersweet #Sciku by Scott Edgar, the contrast in scales so powerful and thought-provoking:
Through interstellar
Space to us then getting lost
In yellow street lamps
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Starlight #LightPollution
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This #Sciku by Mariya Gusev is an utter delight - sweet, funny & thoughtful. It's also inspired by some fascinating research into the sounds of the sun, well worth reading about!
roar of tiny suns
they call them dandelions
for a good reason
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/10/t...
So pleased to publish a second stunning #Sciku by Maryam Imogen Ghouth, exploring the contradiction of both the sun and ourselves.
The sun holds a war—
inward pull and outward fire—
I am made of her.
#ScienceHaiku #SciArt #SciComm #Sun
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/06/t...
What a joy it is to publish this #Tanka by Emily Jo Scalzo. Its a powerful and important poem, lines 2-3 are truly excellent
New measles outbreak
a plague of anti-vaxxers
spreading diseases
a scapegoat for autism
destroy herd immunity
#SciComm #SciArt
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Maryam Imogen Ghouth's first #Sciku for The Sciku Project is fantastic, touching on biomechanical motion, Netwon's Third Law and the sometimes importance of opposition.
Tension gives us lift.
Foot meets ground and body moves—
resistance births flight.
thescikuproject.com/2025/10/23/r...
Delighted to welcome Mariya Gusev to The Sciku Project, with a wonderful #Sciku using the orbits of comets to explore human relationships. The phrasing of each line is exquisite!
path of a comet
orbit eccentricity
classified as love
#ScienceHaiku #SciArt
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Mark Gilbert wrote one of my favourite poems featured on The Sciku Project in 2023 and I'm delighted to publish his latest #Sciku, which is both a delight and utterly fascinating:
four-limbed starfish
swimming against the tide
entropy machine
#ScienceHaiku
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Absolutely delighted to feature Barbara Anna Gaiardoni on The Sciku Project, her poetry is wonderful and this sciku is a fantastic example:
Our Valentine's Day –
Pair of lovebirds, parakeet
and a cockatiel.
#Sciku #ScienceHaiku #Lovebirds
thescikuproject.com/2025/10/09/c...
The latest #Sciku by Martina Matijević focuses on the @vrubinobs.bsky.social, and I just love the way the first line stands on its own and the second and third lines flow beautifully together:
microscale canvas
painting our biography
pixel by pixel
#ScienceHaiku
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@thescikuproject.bsky.social editor Andrew Holmes is hosting another poem of mine: “Nobody… but Odysseus.” thescikuproject.com/2025/09/25/n...
