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I watch in awe
bright spots around
the moon tonight -
I can't tell which
ones are the
planets and which ones the stars.
Recently, there was this unique moment where at night you could see seven planets aligned in the sky. A rare opportunity. I looked at the sky these days, at night. We even had some cloudless nights, so I really could see the moon and lots of bright spots. Then I realised: I have no idea how to distinguish a planet from a star. Still, the night sky with the moon and the stars was an awesome thing to look at.
On one of the days, I looked up, saw a crescent moon, and it just reminded me of those 1920s illustrations of the moon with a face. A poem was born.
Did you recognise the planets?
The poem above is a highku, a poetic form inspired by the haiku and the higher culture on Farcaster.
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