Eternity in Three Acts

What do you see in the evening sky?

Hello, Poets & Prancers!

Earlier, I was sure that I wasn’t going to post anything new today—just a few old comics and poems. Then an idea ripped me from my rest and forced me to bring it to life.

Eternity in Three Acts

a twilight respite,

fierce sun sets, and god’s palette

spills across the sky

lonely firmament,

the half-moon waits for the stars

to come out and play

heaven’s chorus bursts

as billions of dying worlds

sing Earth’s elegy

Poet’s Note

This is something I call a haiku stanza poem¹—each stanza is a haiku that could stand alone, but that also works as part of the whole.

Everything started with a haiku I wrote yesterday evening. The second stanza is based on that earlier poem. In a rare occurrence for me, this entire comic and three haiku stanzas came almost fully formed into my mind. I scrambled to get up and take down the dictation before the idea evaporated. It was only after I wrote it down that I realized the second stanza was built on that earlier effort.

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1. Unbelievably creative name, I know. :) I’m obviously not the first person to try this idea, but I haven’t found any kind of consensus as to what to call this configuration of haiku, so for now, I’ll stick with my name for it.