53. Scifaiku and Astropoetry

What is scifaiku and astropoetry? Wendy Van Camp, Poet Laureate for the City of Anaheim, CA, joins the podcast for a poetry reading and lesson. Participate in the lesson! Read the words submitted by our listeners below, write your own scifaiku, and send it to [email protected] or direct message Speculative Sandbox on Instagram. We'll share your poem on social media!

Sci-fi trope:

• Cybernetic implants

• Aliens are humans

• Time travel

• AI goes rogue

• Fish out of water

• Robots

• Evil aliens

• The ghost in the machine

Emotional words:

• Tearful

• Distraught

• Horny

• Anxiety/Anxious

• Somber

• Exhausted

Season/time:

• Serendipity

• Birth

• Spring

• Winter

• Autumn

• Dusk

• Crack epidemic

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