Sci-Fi Haiku Set

my self-driving car
hates my mother-in-law and
won't go to New York

astronaut training day ten:
first ride in the Puke-a-whirl
after a big lunch

millions of humans
escaping a dead planet
Ark B hopes and dreams

sleep in Zero G
floating in and out of my
layer of warm air

following their steps
his footprints last forever
walking on the moon

hearts drawn in the fine sand
alone on the dusty moon
we watch the Earthrise

on the red planet
over Schiaparelli's rim
our ship just a fleeting star

my cryosleep hangover
demands gravity

orbiting Saturn
your face is beautiful
in the soft ringlight

Special Feature: Vogon poetry sample

Thy prating wordburgling doth so offend
my dispeptic liver
oh, drooling sorrow and misunderstood pain!

Time Travel Villanelle

I step into the time machine
I say it's only for a lark
Take a look back at seventeen

Our rundown city once was green
Safe at night to walk the park
I step into the time machine

Could I meet the homecoming queen?
Say the words to light a spark?
Take a look back at seventeen

I want to stay here with Maureen
But after kissing in the dark
I step into the time machine

My old hands run across the screen
So many years, love's left no mark
Take a look back at seventeen

Her dress is made of red sateen
Homecoming float set to embark
I step into the time machine
Take a look back at seventeen