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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsElemental Haiku
A review of the Periodic Table composed of 119 science haiku, one for each element, plus a closing haiku for element 119 (not yet synthesized). The haiku encompass astronomy, biology, chemistry, history, physics, and a bit of whimsical flair. Click or hover over an element on the Periodic Table to read the haiku. Share these poems and add your own on Twitter with hashtag #ChemHaiku.
http://vis.sciencemag.org/chemhaiku/?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=chemhaiku-14531
http://vis.sciencemag.org/chemhaiku/?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=chemhaiku-14531
A few examples:
Carbon
Show-stealing diva,
throw yourself at anyone,
decked out in diamonds.
Barium
Let those enduring
your enemas remember
fireworks' green splendor.
Silicon
Locked in rock and sand,
age upon age awaiting
the digital dawn.
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Elemental Haiku (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2017
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Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)1. Good stuff...thanks!
demmiblue
(36,823 posts)2. YW. When I win the lottery, something like this is going up in my house:
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)3. Honda
Too hip to be square
Yet hipsters love to be square
Honda is now cubed
mnhtnbb
(31,373 posts)4. Very cool.
Have shared it with my two Chem Professor nephews and their also Chem PhD wives.
Leith
(7,808 posts)5. A Couple More Good Ones
Arsenic
Hauled in for questions,
blacklisted, cannot quite shake
your poisonous past.
Thallium
As a sulphate salt
handy for killing rodents
or one's relatives
I seem to be in a dark mood this morning.
Hauled in for questions,
blacklisted, cannot quite shake
your poisonous past.
Thallium
As a sulphate salt
handy for killing rodents
or one's relatives
I seem to be in a dark mood this morning.