Chrysalis–Poem of the Day – February 21, 2022

Image courtesy of The Wild Rose Press

Chrysalis

chrysalis
downward opening
emerging life form
offworlders desire
dinner

……

This is a sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 2 words / 1 word

Previously published in Polar Starlight 2, June 2021.

Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Life Extensions–Poem of the Day–February 13, 2022

Life Extensions

aging multimillionaire Martians
discussing life extensions
agreement
humans accede
Sahara dust elixir

This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words
Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Originally published on Medium.com.

Image courtesy of the author

Purr–Poem of the Day–February 10, 2022

Purr

purr
of unknown
sound on Earth
fills human
airspace


A sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 2 words / 1 word

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published on Medium.

Intoxicating Mushrooms–Poem of the Day–February 9, 2022

Intoxicating Mushrooms

botanical research
intoxicating mushrooms
sacred Martian history

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
A scifaiku (speculative haiku).

Previously published on Medium.

 

Rings of Saturn–Poem of the Day–February 7, 2022

Rings of Saturn

rings of Saturn
eternally frozen
evaporating
ring debris
circling components disappear

Written by Roxanne Barbour.

A reverse sci(na)ku tanka of the form:
3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

Originally published on Medium.

 

Image courtesy of the author

Backpacks–Poem of the Day–February 6, 2022

Backpacks

backpacks
filled with
Martian Spring rocks

A scifaiku (speculative haiku) written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published in ‘Scifaikuest’.

 

 

Photo courtesy of The Wild Rose Press

Snow Sculptures — Poem of the Day — February 5, 2022

Snow Sculptures

chilled air covering
Martian dunes
snow sculptures

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published on Medium.

This is a scifaiku (a speculative haiku).

 

 

Humans Flee – Poem of the Day – February 4, 2022

Humans Flee

humans flee
submerged
alien bodies

Written by Roxanne Barbour, January 2022
(previously published on Medium)
(a scifaiku, speculative haiku)

 

Finding Writing Ideas From Quotations – November 4, 2021

Two questions form the foundation of all novels: ‘What if?’ and ‘What next?’ (A third question, ”What now?’, is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so, but it’s more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, ‘What if ‘X’ happened?’ That’s how you start.

Tom Clancy

Martian Sylvestine Amera is no novice when it comes to managing a hotel. Syl is of an Earth background, while her fiancee, Dedare Sath, is from the planet Irion. He entices her to the planet Particle where a new world for Syl and a newly acquired alien hotel awaits. Dedare hopes Syl will agree to manage the Sath-Ooby Golden hotel.

What if this adventure is far too alien for Syl?

Finding Writing Ideas from Quotations – November 2, 2021

Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.
Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time