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...

Delighted to be able to publish an absolutely fascinating poem by Daya Bhat, providing a fascinating view of progress and change over time: leading the gene unto light gen beta #Sciku #SciComm #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2026/05/07/m...

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...

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...

Curiosity's six constructs in one trenchcoat Let's embrace that fact Dr Lily Fitzgibbon (University of Stirling) #sciencehaiku #sciku

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...

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...

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/s...

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...

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...

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...

What a fantastic #Sciku @nathanwoodling.bsky.social!

This is such a fun #Sciku by @mack-baysinger.bsky.social , 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 thescikuproject.com/2026/03/19/o...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/13/a...

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/05/m...

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/02/02/m...

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/t...

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/01/15/r...

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 thescikuproject.com/2026/01/09/f...

@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 thescikuproject.com/2025/12/18/a...

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. thescikuproject.com/2025/12/11/y...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/12/11/y...

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. thescikuproject.com/2025/12/04/h...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/11/18/t...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/11/12/m...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/10/30/f...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/10/20/e...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/10/16/l...

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 thescikuproject.com/2025/10/02/w...

@thescikuproject.bsky.social editor Andrew Holmes is hosting another poem of mine: “Nobody… but Odysseus.” thescikuproject.com/2025/09/25/n...

@jamespenha.bsky.social writes a brief but epic poem about a brief moment from a considerably longer epic poem. A fabulous #Sciku and the research behind it is fascinating! Greek researchers sense Odysseus's presence— they bird-dog Argos #Odyssey #Archaeology thescikuproject.com/2025/09/25/n...

It's always a pleasure to read #Sciku by Sarah Das Gupta, her botanical series continues to impress and educate! Koalas eat leaves of the eucalyptus famous in the land of kangaroos but strangers in Spanish forests #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Eucalyptus thescikuproject.com/2025/09/18/e...

Love this #Sciku by Doug Lanzo, the use of syllables and words in that second line creates something really special: thirst for survival drenched fledging great dusky swift pierces waterfall #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #7Worlds @bbcearth.bsky.social thescikuproject.com/2025/09/11/c...

A wonderful poem John!

A great poem by Douglas J. Lanzo, enhanced by a fantastic title: 'Deceit Woven by an Orb Weaver'. Some sneaky spider subterfuge summarised in a super #Sciku! false beacon of light flashing forest firefly caught in spider web #ScienceHaiku #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2025/09/04/d...

Delighted to have Sarah Das Gupta return to The Sciku Project, her botanical poetry is always a joy to explore and luxuriate in. Visions of exotic eastern haunts of elegant Japanese gardens a refugee in temperate regions #Sciku #ScienceHaiku #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2025/08/28/b...

It's always a pleasure to feature Douglas J. Lanzo, his interests in marine animal behaviour and his skills as a poet always lead to wonderful #Sciku: bobbing for apples polar bear on off-shore rock jaw-clamps belugas #ScienceHaiku #SciComm @BBCEarth thescikuproject.com/2025/08/21/i...