Scifaiku
Like haiku, Scifaiku capture the moment through images that appeal to the senses, and by extension, various emotional and psychological states. They also appeal to the imagination, as in the following example:
in space
there's no mourning
no mourning
This Scifaiku of mine was nominated for a Science Fiction Poetry Association 2006 Dwarf Stars and Anthology Award. It appears in my chapbook A Nameless Place, which also contains several dark themed poems that I call shadowku. They reflect my interest in crime, forensics and things that go bump in the night, like this one:
park bench
the stranger beside me
inches closer
Scifaiku is dismissed by some as pseudo haiku, yet passionately defended by others as a legitimate offshoot. I'm intrigued by its succinct articulation of hope, fear and overall curiousity about our world and other worlds, now and in the not too distant future. No doubt Basho himself would approve of such worthy aspirations.
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. Allen Ginsberg
