The Sciku Project

Spent a happy morning updating the Further Reading page of The Sciku Project. Check it out for some great examples, articles and books from people way better at #sciku than I am! thescikuproject.com/about/further-…

Such a playful #Sciku from Jonathan Aylett today, teasing us with types of tension. A fantastic intertwining of the scientific and personal! surface tension - like dewdrops, if we should touch we might become one #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SurfaceTension thescikuproject.com/2026/04/10/sur…

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/sti…

Delighted to have Jonathan Aylett back with this excellent #Sciku that cleverly compares neutrinos with vague attraction, 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/fly…

There's such a reassuring confidence about James Penha'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/so-…

This is such a fun #Sciku by Mack Baysinger, travelling from optimism to realism over three short lines, accepting the positives of failures. This time it will work Or back to Bauhaus we'll go Mostly, its Bauhaus #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2026/03/19/one…

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

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/lig…

@lee_debbie'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. @nextgenjane thescikuproject.com/2026/02/25/ute…

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/cha…

Sharing a sciku from The Sciku Project: Fantastical Flocks That Feast red-billed quelea millions of birds mirroring shifting sands by Douglas J. Lanzo ©2025 Author of I Have Lived at amzn.to/43zfRLe The Year of the Bear at amzn.to/3PK3Xq4 #science #haiku #poem

@douglanzo 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/fan…

A delightfully light-hearted #Sciku by John Hawkhead 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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/13/a-s…

I can't work out whether the idea behind this excellent #Sciku by John Hawkhead 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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/05/man…

There's a lovely balance to this #Sciku by @douglanzo, 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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/02/mas…

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/01/29/toe/

Eternally grateful to John Hawkhead 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/ete…

Delighted to welcome Mack Baysinger 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 #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2026/01/15/rus…

We're starting 2026 with this phenomenal and poignant #Sciku by John Hawkhead. John is a master at blending the scientific and the personal in so few words. black hole horizon the galaxy of freckles mum used to own #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #BlackHole thescikuproject.com/2026/01/09/fre…

One of my proudest writing accomplishments of 2025, this coming together of poetry and (somewhat controversial) science, and I include my accompanying prose in this - many thanks editor @AndrewMHolmes for accepting my words!

Mike Fainzilber'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 thescikuproject.com/2025/12/18/a-t…