Elemental Haiku

[demmiblue]

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

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.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Good stuff...thanks!

[demmiblue]

2. YW. When I win the lottery, something like this is going up in my house:

[OriginalGeek]

3. Honda

Too hip to be square
Yet hipsters love to be square
Honda is now cubed

[mnhtnbb]

4. Very cool.

Have shared it with my two Chem Professor nephews and their also Chem PhD wives.

[Leith]

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.