soul of the dodo
by Mark Valentine
awaiting de-extinction
sighs don’t don’t
A bioscience company believes it has made a crucial step towards bringing back the dodo, the flightless bird from Mauritius, extinct since the 17th century.
Further reading:
‘Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years’, 2025, Milman, O., The Guardian, available: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/17/dodo-birds-gene-editing-advance
Author bio:
Mark Valentine lives in Yorkshire, England, and is a short story writer, and essayist on book-collecting. His haiku has been published in dadakuku, Modern Haiku, Heliosparrow, Presence, tsuri-doro and other journals.