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Periodic Table of Haiku

Group #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Period
1	1 H																	2 He Helium You can’t see me, or Taste me, I’m a noble gas Find me in balloons. -- Shilpi Sethi
2	3 Li Lithium Find me near the spring Imparting a crimson flame Bringing happiness -- Philip Meyer	4 Be Beryllium Not quick to temper I’m light but stable and strong Special lady’s man -- Jimmy Dillon											5 B Boron Insulator B Brown and easily deformed Sweet silly putty! -- Carley Williams Dazzling green glow Lighting up the sky at night Boom Boom… oohs and ahhs -- Dominique	6 C Carbon Hidden in plain sight Avoiding me doesn’t work Embedded within -- Holly Known to be deadly Synthesized by plants daily Essential for life -- Nicole Postl	7 N Nitrogen Found in most places Coming off cold while liquid Yet silently there -- Jenae Whitney	8 O	9 F Flourine Open your mouth wide Made to prevent cavities So brush your teeth well -- Gaolunha Nicole Vang Damages ozone Capable of etching glass Explosive with H -- Kimberly Klatt	10 Ne Neon Legendary my bright colors are Stability is what they are seeking But price turns me off -- Anthony Reyes
3	11 Na	12 Mg											13 Al Aluminum Immense abundance Yet is not eco-friendly Better recycle! -- Katelyn Goetz	14 Si	15 P	16 S Sulfur Sulfur: Brittle and yellow My flame burns bright blue I make things ignite -- Alyssa I may be yellow But I burn to a blue flame Sulfate I became -- Ashley Kurth	17 Cl Chlorine In Aquafina It saves lives, but drink alone And chlorine kills quick. -- Kaylin Hibbing	18 Ar Argon Wont form true compounds cause of inert properties A true noble gas -- Thanh Nguyen
4	19 K Potassium In a banana Keeps muscles from cramping up In fourth period -- Cody Kitch	20 Ca Calcium You give me my strength, You make me stand tall and true. You make up my bones. -- Chelsea Carlson	21 Sc Scandium High intensity Don’t forget to turn me on Use me in the dark -- Kelli Wilson Rare to the known world bountiful in blazing sun Brings intense light to Earth -- Jordan Flaherty	22 Ti Titanium Titanium (Ti) Transition metal Since in the human body Replace broken bones -- Johnson Yang	23 V Vanadium Life requires balance Alas excess is toxic All in temperance -- Jake Anderson	24 Cr Chromium Multiple valence Get some number twenty-four Make your truck look nice -- Joe Inhofer	25 Mn Manganese Though gray I may be, I can be, when with chlorine, Quite a pretty, light pink! -- Thomas Gerhart	26 Fe Iron I live within you Moving Oxygen around I’m vital for life -- Sara Royer	27 Co Cobalt Shiny surfaces, Porcelain, glass, pottery, tile, Beautiful dark blue -- Brooke Velde	28 Ni	29 Cu	30 Zn	31 Ga Gallium In hand I shall melt. But once comes Christmas season. Will light up your tree. -- Luke Hedlund	32 Ge	33 As Arsenic I’m real hard headed I will make your metals strong Alloys never break -- Nick Kania Arsenic (AS) Is a metalloid Poisonous in large amounts Can’t be destroyed Killer weapon Poisonous to everything Can’t be destroyed Killer weapon Winner to enemies Can’t be destroyed Killer weapon Winner to its enemies Can’t be destroyed -- Emilee Kaupp	34 Se Selenium Se thirty four Element for nutrition I go strong with light -- Abdullahi Jimale	35 Br Bromine I hurt the body My smell disgusts the nose Red liquid corrodes -- Maggie Rosera	36 Kr Krypton Look through the big lens See the world in a new light Smile, it’s picture time -- Anna Cummings
5	37 Rb Rubidium Soft, silvery white, Slightly radioactive, Violent in water. -- Lan Nie	38 Sr Strontium Impure-ignited Born of Rubidium-stars Salt-fire crimson sky -- Kim Strum	39 Y Yttrium Hard to find alone Yet an important factor Small part of a whole -- Ashley Todd	40 Zr Zirconium WHEN I AM EXPOSED: I SHIELD, I VEIL, I DEFEND. I AM AN ARMY. -- Logain Elnimeiry	41 Nb Niobium Coursing near speed of light electron accelerator MRIs it runs -- Haley Imming	42 Mo Molybdenum 200 plus years Melting above two thousand Becoming metal -- Ashley Haugdahl	43 Tc	44 Ru	45 Rh Rhodium In my purest form, I am completely inert Just non-reactive. -- Kayla Saari	46 Pd	47 Ag Silver A killer of microbes Malleable and yet explosive Highly reflective -- Anjelica Montano	48 Cd Cadmium Cadmium Mirror metallic Found in earth’s crust and waters Toxic to humans -- Taylor Jeche	49 In Indium Rare, silver metal Indigo brightest of all Radiotracer -- Cody Peterson	50 Sn Tin Do not be misled, Deemed pliant, a poor metal I’ll shriek if I’m bent -- Alexandrea Spindler	51 Sb Antimony I may be brittle, But I make up part of the Cup you are using. -- Christi Rohlfing	52 Te Tellurium Tellurium Stay away from me Exposure to small amount Gives garlic like breath -- Stacey Leber	53 I	54 Xe
6	55 Cs	56 Ba Barium Silvery and light With highly reactive bonds Bang! Green Fireworks -- Hannah Bergeson	*	72 Hf Hafnium Never free in nature Zirconium is my twin Difficult to part. -- Nasro Isaq	73 Ta Tantalum Behold I am strong Capable to resist rust I will save your life -- Eric Awah Behold I am strong Capable to resist rust I will save your life -- Eric Awah	74 W Tungsten Abundance in strength Able to endure most things Used to say “I Do” -- Kayla Van Der Weerd Highest melting point Makes it useful in welding And electric wires -- Tyler Johnson	75 Re	76 Os	77 Ir	78 Pt Platinum Huff Platinum salt You won’t become an X-man but DNA’s changed -- Daniel Skoglund	79 Au Gold When mixed with salt; Gold An effective medicine can treat arthritis -- Karla Lokker A symbol of wealth In plenty of jewelry Can help fight cancer -- Aaron Amundson	80 Hg Mercury I am Quicksilver, Most see me as metal juice I brighten your lives -- Preetham Silla	81 Tl	82 Pb Lead Ph is my name Soft and blue, I appear Deadly, I can be -- Annabelle Rypa	83 Bi Bismuth Melting point is low Expands when solidified Used in ceramics -- Abbey Pankow	84 Po	85 At Astatine Iodine’s close cousin, Heaviest of halogens; “Unstable!” screamed Greeks. -- Sara THen	86 Rn Radon Radon, eighty-six Heavy, cubic, colorless Treatment of cancer -- Danielle Joo
7	87 Fr Francium Radioactive Second Rarest element Highly Unstable -- Molly Rudolph	88 Ra Radium Combined with others White, blackens when in the air Life it may take, too -- Ben Gran	**	104 Rf	105 Db	106 Sg	107 Bh	108 Hs	109 Mt	110 Ds	111 Rg	112 Cn	113 Uut	114 Uuq	115 Uup	116 Uuh	117 Uus	118 Uuo

* Lanthanoids			57 La Lanthanum I am very soft and white I help with kidney disease But like to hide -- Alicia Hopkins	58 Ce cerium Water wakes me up Shining all day I exhaust The breeze makes me sleep -- Carlos Ruiz	59 Pr Praseodymium Silvery, ductile Expensive yellow-green twin Used in film lighting -- Adam Fish Lighting up the stage Flickering flames in the crowd New rock stars are born -- Lauren Henke	60 Nd Neodymium Some may think I’m strong I’m attracted to many things Magnet is the key -- Danielle Yates	61 Pm Promethium Rare F-block metal Steal fire from the Heavens Glow through the dark night -- Nicole Vanderhoof	62 Sm Samarium On a key mission Travelling through the sick veins To destroy cancer -- Kadie Ketchum Silent to the world Mixed with cobalt alloy Plays music in your ears -- Amber Suchy	63 Eu Europium Rare earth element Reactivity is high Nuclear energy -- Ben Sawatzky Rare and reactive Metal turns images red Seen in Sony Screens -- Logan Bloo,	64 Gd Gadolinium Gadolinium Imaged in our body Disappearing through time Clear for all to see -- Adrianne Noyola	65 Tb Terbium Glowing a bright green When losing three electrons Saves fortunes in Europe -- Josh Gura Flammable hazard Highly toxic irritant Yet never released -- Chelsea Nelson	66 Dy Dysprosium A rare earth metal I’m silvery white and soft Try hard to find me -- Sasha Lusters Bright Silver Hard to get and find alone Ingest if you dare. -- Andrea Mayer	67 Ho Holmium Soft and Silvery The highest magnetic strength Reduce kidney stones -- Ashlee Lundberg	68 Er Erbium Find me in churches In stained windows and on pots Dying them bright pink -- Emily Johnson	69 Tm Thulium I can’t be combined, There would be no point of this. I excel alone. -- Kelsey Wilson Unknown and useless But value extraordinaire Mysterious me -- Tatiana	70 Yb Ytterbium Bright, silvery luster Soft, malleable, ductile No essential role -- Alison Langer Source of gamma rays now we can see right through you No really. We can. -- Dylan Gilbertson	71 Lu Lutetium 71- Lutetium Lost Lutetia Inspired rarity and wealth Daughter of Paris -- McIntyre
Actinoids**			89 Ac Actinium Scare in existence Then, creeps with a pale, blue glow Ready to battle -- Rachelle Johnson	90 Th	91 Pa	92 U	93 Np Neptunium Named after Neptune Silver synthetic metal Radioactive -- Vy	94 Pu Plutonium Synthesized by man Combined with Uranium Use: nuclear bomb -- Dani Blaschko	95 Am Americium Saving many lives From a fiery demise Forever beeping -- Michael Ocasio	96 Cm	97 Bk	98 Cf	99 Es	100 Fm	101 Md	102 No	103 Lr

This HTML periodic table is derived from one found on Wikipedia.

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