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 vickielan@gmail.com 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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