5-7-5 the Elements
November 4, 2021 3:48 PM   Subscribe

haiku elements
a periodic table
poetic learning
posted by Marky (13 comments total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is great fun. The combination of silliness and detailed knowledge is delightful. For reasons I cannot explain, palladium make me laugh out loud in a way that probably annoyed people across the hall. Thanks!

Also, today I learned the flevorium is an element.
posted by eotvos at 4:08 PM on November 4, 2021


Yttrium deserves better. Radium is amazing. Thank you!
posted by clew at 4:57 PM on November 4, 2021


Manganese made me laugh.
posted by Ickster at 5:22 PM on November 4, 2021 [2 favorites]


Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this, Marky.
posted by bryon at 6:16 PM on November 4, 2021


Silicon and Mercury are brilliant!
posted by TDIpod at 6:33 PM on November 4, 2021


Wow, completely delightful and fun! Forwarding it to my retired chemistry professor father. Thanks so much for posting!
posted by hippybear at 6:42 PM on November 4, 2021


Remember when we
poeticized elements
on Metafilter
posted by fairmettle at 8:02 PM on November 4, 2021 [1 favorite]


Yttrium definitely made me laugh. A couple were cop-outs but most of them were pretty adorable.
posted by janell at 8:22 PM on November 4, 2021


For no good reason I came up with one for magnesium:

A laptop chassis
Made from this snow-light alloy
Boasts, damn I'm classy!
posted by xigxag at 12:06 AM on November 5, 2021


Eotvos: "Also, today I learned the flevorium is an element"
You're getting ahead of yourself. We have Flerovium 114Fl. But Flevorium 120Fv will not be discovered at the Instituut voor Verpletterende Fysica IVF in Lelystad until 2032
posted by BobTheScientist at 1:20 AM on November 5, 2021 [2 favorites]


I attended an arts high school, and one of our chemistry projects was to create/present a chemistry concept using our chosen artistic medium. As a musician I wrote a song about the elements, we had paintings and dances, and I'm sure there was a Literature Kid who wrote poetry about electrons. This was an absolute delight to read today, and a surprising trip down nostalgia lane.
posted by Gray Duck at 3:35 AM on November 5, 2021


My comment when I posted elsewhere last week:

tiny poems fit
in prim element boxes,
glow like gas giants
posted by dlugoczaj at 6:34 AM on November 5, 2021


Magnesium got me a little choked up!
posted by Mei's lost sandal at 11:45 AM on November 6, 2021 [1 favorite]


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