I.
The void, too, bubbles:
Voidless static sunders us,
swelling years yawn wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
II.
Follow the lineless
harmony as she builds up \u2014
bursts forth \u2014 a new seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I reached the part of The Poem’s Heartbeat<\/em> about syllable-count verse; Corn mentioned that haiku are generally supposed to be contextualized against the seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While I wrote haiku in my high school planner whenever I was bored in class, we weren’t taught about season words, and this common knowledge escaped me until today. Later on at work, I encountered a book about the future of the universe while sifting through new book lists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n #1 is a haiku about our current cosmic season (swelling years). #2 is about the moments before expansion (the seed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I.The void, too, bubbles:Voidless static sunders us,swelling years yawn wide. II.Follow the linelessharmony as she builds up \u2014bursts forth \u2014 a new seed. This morning, I reached the part of The Poem’s Heartbeat about syllable-count verse; Corn mentioned that haiku are generally supposed to be contextualized against the seasons. 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