012921b

 

life above Venus

telltale chemicals gone as 

quickly as "found"

122219d

A couple of years ago, Mary Soon Lee published a wonderful book of elemental haiku. This reminded me that, about 20 years ago, I had participated in a crowd-sourced set of elemental haiku. I finally found it again, and here it is, for your chemical enjoyment:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050625075933/http://www.iscifistory.com:80/scifaku/elements/periodichaiku.asp

My father wrote the entry for uranium. I am pretty sure he is the one who told me about this project. 

And from Adele Gardner:

Putting things all in one place for my own benefit...

Here's the NPR listen... [2005 story about the original project]

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696667

here's Mary's book

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605873/elemental-haiku-by-mary-soon-lee/9781984856630/ 

011519b

that new kid
forgot that the Rigellian
cocktails are unstable at low temperatures
they get stored in the warming oven
not the fridge
tho that distinction is lost on him now
or would be
if we could find him

or the bar

The Periodic Table of Haiku

https://web.archive.org/web/20050625075933/http://www.iscifistory.com:80/scifaku/elements/periodichaiku.asp

061317

Hygroscopic strawberries
ideal for the dry climate
they suck water not just out of the air
out of anything that moves
or doesn't
soon the planet
nothing but strawberries
but man
are they tasty!

020117b

Air gel seemed like a good idea, but Stevens tripped on her way to The Big Meeting, and a vial of AirGel™ flew from her hand like a glass bird. When it shattered on the pavement, the problems with the formula became clear. Unlike the air.

080615

sublimation
going straight from solid
to gas