Geomagnetic Reversal
when north becomes south
protective shroud fails humanity
compass spins
A Scifaiku by Wendy Van Camp
Illustrated by Wendy Van Camp
Scifaiku poem inspired by the current trend of the weakening of the magnetic north. Science postulates that the Earth’s poles might flip, as it has done in past ancient eras.
White Mask
invisible dark face
compensates coded algorithm
false white mask
A Scifaiku by Wendy Van Camp
Illustrated by Wendy Van Camp
Scifaiku poem inspired by a TED talk about how algorithm bias doesn’t factor in certain facial types for identification purposes. A coding problem that needs to be solved so that services will be available to everyone equally.
Algorithm Bias
Identity algorithm
can not read my darkness
coded gaze
A Scifaiku by Wendy Van Camp
Illustrated by Wendy Van Camp
Scifaiku poem inspired by a TED talk about how algorithm bias doesn’t factor in certain facial types for identification purposes. A coding problem that needs to be solved so that services will be available to everyone equally.
I am pleased to announce that my article “Scifaiku: Brainstorming Techniques” has been published in the February 2017 issue of Scifaikuest. This is a print only magazine featuring scifaiku poetry edited by T. Santitoro. The article describes my techniques for writing science fiction haiku.
Starshot
self-healing transistor
thrusts forward in space
alpha centauri beckons
A Scifaiku by Wendy Van Camp
Illustrated by Wendy Van Camp
Scifaiku poem is inspired by Stephan Hawking’s “Project Starshot” which may send human’s first interstellar probes to another star system.
