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Category Archive: Science & Space

07 Jan

Pure water won’t freeze / there must be impurity / for crystals to form.

Twoku: Crystal catalyst / water needs impurity / in order to freeze. Threeku: Pure water won’t freeze / there must be a bit of dirt / for crystals to form.…
2022/01/07 at 6:04 pm Leave a comment
Since the world / did not end this year / celebrate! Haikumages
31 Dec

2012 ending / happy the world did not end / though it did, for some.

Twoku: Since the world / did not end this year / celebrate!
2012/12/31 at 3:13 pm 2 Comments
At such points in time / we must contemplate something / bigger than our selves. Space pic by NASA. Haikumages
24 Dec

At such points in time / we must contemplate something / bigger than our selves.

PHOTO CREDIT: NASA (not one of mine) borrowed lovingly and respectfully, of course, to illustrate my little haiku/senyru for today…
2012/12/24 at 12:50 pm Leave a comment
Which came first? / Chicken, egg, or catch / twenty-two? Haikumages
08 Dec

Which came first? / Chicken, egg, or catch / twenty-two?

This haiku (senyru, actually!) deals with the ages-old question about the origin of the universe, which dates back to the birth of consciousness–likely the first question asked by the first…
2012/12/08 at 6:58 pm 2 Comments
Gas shortage / suddenly the problem / crystal clear.
04 Nov

Cars lined up / burning gas, waiting / to buy more.

Twoku:  Gas shortage / suddenly the problem / crystal clear.
2012/11/04 at 12:14 pm 2 Comments
04 Oct

Trains passing / blurring mournful sound / of their horns.

Twoku: Two trains blur / mournful Doppler sound / howling horns.
2012/10/04 at 12:48 pm 2 Comments
26 Sep

Dishes listening / or perhaps they’re whispering / cosmic messages.

Twoku: Dish listens / and sends our secrets / into space. Threeku: Listening / or sending secrets / to cosmos?
2012/09/26 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
31 Aug

Full again / second time this month / the blue moon.

Twoku: A blue moon / may appear tonight / rarity.
2012/08/31 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
05 Jul

An electronic / thing dies, its electric soul / ebbs into the ether.

Twoku: Electric / thing dies, it soul ebbs  / to ether.
2012/07/05 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
05 Jun

Sun’s fiery visage / does not change its expression / as Venus walks by.

Twoku: Venus in transit / shadowless journey across / the Sun’s countenance.
2012/06/05 at 4:11 pm Leave a comment