Time for some 'ku and tanka

Time for some scifaiku and tanka now from Francis W. Alexander, Robert Shmigelsky, Brittany Hause, Herb Kauderer, and Denny E. Marshall. Their bios appear as closing credits.


time-lapse photography             
the bat’s graceful shapeshift                             
to a vampire                              

...Francis W. Alexander


space-time eddy
wormhole TV in the hands of
a channel clicker
 
...Robert Shmigelsky


field trip        

smoking phoenix nest
as we crowd around
my classmate picks his nose

...Brittany Hause


detour
 
Lunar cab driver
unintentionally hits
escape velocity
takes long route around L5
with his meter still running


Lost in Translation
 
Martian restaurants
named from Terran atlases
conjure atmosphere
but add no flavor to meals
of replicated proteins.

...Herb Kauderer


aliens approach
three body parts join and say
“we come in pieces”

time machine magazine
negative two day
response time

...Denny E. Marshall


The bios...

* Francis Wesley Alexander has had stories and poems published in Grievous Angel, The Martian Wave, Night to Dawn, Scifiakuest, Space and Time, The Drabbler Anthologies, and numerous other publications. 

* Robert Shmigelsky runs over all things in his mind. Some of it squeaks out as short poetry. And onto his Facebook account.

* Brittany Hause is a linguist with a love of science fiction and fantasy. When not wrapped up in research, they can usually be found reading and writing SFF poems and stories. Their speculative poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Star*Line, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere.

* Herb Kauderer is an associate professor at Hilbert College. He won the 2017 Asimov's Readers' Award for Best Poem, and has had 15 books and chapbooks published. More can be found at http://HerbKauderer.com

* Denny E. Marshall has had art, poetry, and fiction published. One recent credit is poetry in Weirdbook #37 Sept. 2017. See more at http://www.dennymarshall.com