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...

Delighted to feature another #Sciku by the talented Debbie Lee, and its wonderful to see some progress being made with research into tackling this cruel disorder. Parkinson's disease cell replacement therapy dopamine effects #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Parkinsons thescikuproject.com/2025/08/14/m...

What a privilege it is to be able to share this #Sciku by Patricia Hawkhead. It's truly excellent poetry, from the language & word-play to the meaning behind it. It's inspirat-ion-al! rare blooms a body blessed with imperfect-ions #ScienceHaiku #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2025/08/07/i...

Really enjoying this #Sciku by Susan Polizzotto, the playfulness of movement within it and double meaning is delightful and engaging! stillness of the stars traveling through space and time in a light jacket #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Fusion thescikuproject.com/2025/07/31/m...

Delighted to have Martina Matijević return to The Sciku Project with a #Sciku that starts off romantic and ends with such a blunt & powerful third line. Outstanding! our universe weds the Hawking radiation final cul-de-sac #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2025/07/24/t...

Its been over 2 years since Jerome Berglund was at The Sciku Project but it's worth the wait, such a powerful #Sciku exploring particle physics, social inequalities & more. Outstanding poetry! led into gold . . conflict of interest #SciArt #ScienceHaiku thescikuproject.com/2025/07/17/c...

Really enjoyed this #Sciku by Tony Williams, the analogy between physics & botany so interesting, the phrasing of the poem so playful, that short middle line doing so much work: splitting a hosta… a question of quantum entanglement. #SciComm #Quantum thescikuproject.com/2025/07/10/s...

Oh, how nice to finish a quite hectic (for me) week with such beautiful words by Scott Edgar, Future is in Superposition! I am sure lot of young people can appreciate them even more than I do 👇 And I am also adding my wishes, for now: You too, surrender to water, for a little swim 🏊 then sleep

firefly dusk— how brief the life of a shooting star #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fireflies)

Sometimes a poem comes along and bowls you over. Scott Edgar's latest #Sciku is simply wonderful in the way it mixes the #Quantum with #Mindfulness, such an elegant and thoughtful poem: Your future is in Superposition so breathe Be present today #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2025/07/03/f...

🐞 nature tickles me but the bug flies off my arm eventually #haiku #senryu

Such a pleasure to publish Debbie Lee's excellent #Sciku on eDNA and the conservation of the Maugean Skate: A threatened species, the Maugean Skate is tracked, what price farmed salmon? #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #DNA #Conservation thescikuproject.com/2025/06/26/m...

Love this, wonderful poem John!

Pravat Kumar Padhy's delightful #Sciku addresses Schrödinger's hypothetically cruel thought experiment with a wonderfully personal twist: fog outside Schrödinger's cat I wish it alive #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Quantum #SchrödingersCat thescikuproject.com/2025/06/20/m...

My #Sciku “A Pox on Dementia” is up at thescikuproject.com/2025/06/12/a... It should be of special interest to fans of haiku and to anyone who ever had chicken pox. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @thescikuproject.bsky.social

I love the wordplay in @jamespenha.bsky.social's #Sciku here, giving a circular feel to a fantastic poem with hope for the future of dementia prevention. if you're keen enough to get the shingles vaccine— you may stay that way #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Dementia thescikuproject.com/2025/06/12/a...

This wonderful #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social (with an outstanding third line btw) reveals that there's so much more to ice than meets the eye. Visit The Sciku Project to find out more! a deep understanding of the chemistry of ice cracks in our matrix #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2025/06/05/i...

〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ flex, glide, swoop, repeat steady flap of two strong wings a wavelength in flight #haiku #pattern #poetry #writer #birds

Is your evolutionary past influencing your relationships? Find out via this excellent and fascinating #Sciku by Debbie Lee! Yes to gratitude Negativity bias; Dino threats begone #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #NegativityBias #Dinosaurs thescikuproject.com/2025/05/29/y...

Martina Matijević returns to The Sciku Project with a very clever #Sciku about the Hubble tension problem: the vast universe divorced the Hubble constant citing lack of space #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Hubble thescikuproject.com/2025/05/22/t...

@haikuhawk.bsky.social has a way of writing #Sciku that manages to capture so much emotion, so many questions & so much science in so few words. I am awed by this one! switching off life support we cannot know where an electron is #ScienceHaiku #SciComm thescikuproject.com/2025/05/15/u...

Delighted to have Martina Matijević return to The Sciku Project with an atmospheric astronomy #Sciku featuring #Blackholes & bright lights! Quasar beams with might, The angry black hole awakens— Who switched on the stars? #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt thescikuproject.com/2025/05/08/t...

A joy to publish Ellen J Craft's wonderful reflection on the development of AI voices & her personal experiences. Click through for the background information - it's fascinating! daily alarm: my AI assistant's voice grows more human than mine #Sciku #AI thescikuproject.com/2025/04/30/c...

The second #Sciku on unusual sleep patterns from @mfainzilber.bsky.social - I love the two-part structure to this poem and the parallels made, excellent stuff! basic training the sleepless nights of a dolphin mother #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Dolphin #Sleep thescikuproject.com/2025/04/24/n...

Google is celebrating World Quantum Day so here’s a #sciku from @thescikuproject.bsky.social .. : -; ‘ . ghost particles my half life to decay #haiku #senryu #quantum

Today we have the first of two wonderful #Sciku on sleep and sleep deprivation by @mfainzilber.bsky.social - such an interesting parallel made in this poem! micro-napping the penguin and the soldier #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Penguin #Sleep thescikuproject.com/2025/04/10/t...