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Alan Vincent Michaels
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#SFF Speculative fiction author & poet | SFWA & SFPA member | archaeohistorian | genealogist | photographer

#Prompt host:
#ScifaikuSaturday
#SFStoryPrompt
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Just what is a “world?” 🤔🌏🪐🌔

The 29 November 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#WORLD

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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#HappyThanksgiving
#SFF
#UAP
#UFO
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Mankind’s Dream fulfilled:
stride across a trillion worlds
all we see is more

(See image & alt txt)

poem by & © 2025 Alan Vincent Michaels

🎨 Gemini AI / Nano Banana (no ©)

#ScifaikuSaturday #fulfill

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
A white background meme-style image showing a large, circular image depicting multi-cosmic bubbles, each representing a universe. Smaller, tinted insert images show the same multiple universe representation. A single bubble image of multiple galaxies is placed in the upper-right corner near the first haiku, with curved lines of text, which reads: Mankind’s Dream fulfilled: stride across a trillion worlds all we see is more The second haiku, with curved lines of text, is in the lower-right corner, and it reads: New Dreams beckon us our wanderlust unfulfilled Endless Multiverse poem by & © 2025 Alan Vincent Michaels 🎨 Gemini AI / Nano Banana (no ©)
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Yes, there’s a human drive to reach for the stars, but what happens after we fulfill that goal?

The 22 November 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#FULFILL

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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There are those who just look at you, but then there are some who can see straight into your soul!

👀 😳

The 15 November 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#OBSERVE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Let’s get onboard for the stars or maybe for inner space!

The 08 November 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#VESSEL

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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The 01 November 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#SYSTEM

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I had to give props to my NASA friends and family…

Of course, the “official” word is NOT “hollow” like a bell. 🔔😏😳

In the words of Paul Harvey…
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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I’m over the moon my haiku sequence, “Children of the Moon,” is in the #SciFanSat October issue!

The Moon’s odd characteristics have long intrigued me.

When Apollo 12 crashed the LM onto the surface, the Moon “rang” seismically, because of its rigid, dry structure.

WHAT IF someone put it there?
Image of the SciFanSat magazine (October 25, 2025 issue) page that shows my “Children of the Moon” haiku sequence. “Children of the Moon” by Alan Vincent Michaels creatures of old times could not marvel at the sight in evening’s dark realm before mankind’s reign the Moon did not chase the night it had yet to shine as we crawled the Earth alien gods brought the light the Moon that raised us the gods’ ancient plans by the tides and ghostly sprites changed our DNA we rang the Moon bell and we guessed we knew it right: Artificial Moon! should we abide doubts the Moon slipped from Earth’s grip tight to raise new children ©2025 Alan Vincent Michaels
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The 25 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#STRANGE or #STRANGER

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#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Real Reason We Haven’t Returned to the Moon

©2025 Alan Vincent Michaels

📷 NASA

*Name of the Apollo 17 lunar module.

#ScifaikuSaturday #peace

#SciFanSat October #Moon (haiku sequence only)

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
📷 NASA: Image of Gene Cernan test driving the lunar rover at the landing site of Apollo 17. An image of the Moon is at the top-left and an image of the Earth is at the bottom-right corner of the NASA image. Overlaying the NASA image is the following text: @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social The Real Reason We Haven’t Returned to the Moon Apollo Eagle brought Earth’s “Peace Ambassadors.” They were told to leave. The Moon’s ETs warned: “Humans must never return.” NASA broke the peace. The Challenger* crew made one last, failing gambit. Their souls stayed in peace. by & ©2025 Alan Vincent Michaels *Name of the Apollo 17 lunar module. Images: NASA
October 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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The 18 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#PEACE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The 11 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#WAR

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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In memoriam… #EdgarAllanPoe

died 176 years ago on this day.
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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>> BREAKING GOOD NEWS <<

Rush is going back on tour!

#RUSH
October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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👏🏼👏🏼

That is a storm I don’t want to see in person, but maybe from orbit. 😳

To wit, a Gemini/2.5 Flash image generated by a single prompt based on your #ScifaikuSaturday poem. 😱

(Image: No copyright implied or explicitly stated. For illustrative purposes only.)
A Gemini/2.5 Flash generated, photorealistic image of an old man staring up into the Earth’s sky at the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, as a debris-filled storm rages around the old man. No copyright implied or explicitly stated. For illustrative purposes only.
October 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The 04 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#STORM

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The 27 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#HOPE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The 20 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#CARE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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When In Zombieland…

Remember Rule 2:
Always double tap zombies!
It halts their cravings

©2025 Alan Vincent Michaels

AI 🎨 TheDigitalArtist | Pixabay (no ©)

#ScifaikuSaturday #crave

🧟‍♂️

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The 13 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#CRAVE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Genuflect
in praise

Our new
Overlords
are here

Fear them
no longer

©2025 AVM

#ScifaikuSaturday #fear

Poet’s note: What timing, GL!

I’ve been dealing with my own “fear paralysis” recently, but I can now report I’m feeling better. So much so, I’ve been cleared for return to “Active Haiku Duty.”
September 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The 06 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#FEAR

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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“Not So Super”

Look, now, in the sky!
A nova constellation
Then, it was no more

Poem © 2025 Alan Vincent Michaels

🎨 by geralt | (composited by a.v.m. & no ©)

#ScifaikuSaturday #nova
#VSS365 #constellation
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
Image of a portion of the Milky Way with a composited set of eight brilliant novas exploding at the same time to add poignancy to the “Not So Super” haiku © 2025 by Alan Vincent Michaels / @alanvmichaels.bsky.social: Look, now, in the sky! A nova constellation Then, it was no more
August 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The 30 August 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#NOVA

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM