Poem Collection #1

Depletion of Calcium (a reverse sci(na)ku tanka)

depletion of calcium

astronaut rejection

searching

alien contact

medical condition resolved

Disease Defense (a reverse sci(na)ku tanka)

excavation on Proxima

ruins uncovered

epidemic

disease defense

revealed in pool

Dinosaur Graveyard (a sci(na)ku Fibonacci)

(1) stumbling

(1) upon

(2) dinosaur graveyard

(3) the children bolted

(5) back to safety at home

(8) removing spacesuits beneath the domes of planet Venus

Deaf Communities (a reverse sci(na)ku tanka)

warring alien nations

discover Earth

consternation

deaf communities

rally for harmony

Disreputable (a tanka)

disreputable

underground citizens

rally for cause

sewers open

bots driven out

A reverse sci(na)ku tanka, is of the form:

3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

A sci(na)ku Fibonacci is of the form:

1 word / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 5 words / 8 words / etc.

(where the number of words for the next line is the total of the two previous lines -- using zeroes where unavailable)

These poems were written by Roxanne Barbour.

Previously published on Medium.

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