I exhale softly
so as not to disturb you
as I finally die

I exhale softly
So as not to distub you
Finally I die
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Stinkletoes, these three poems have taken my breath away. Mercy, you touch on such deep and tender chords. Saying things I didn't know could be said. Which of course, is the value and purpose of Haiku. Lida Jo
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Thank you for your kind comments. I haven't written many Haikus, but I am developing a greater appreciation of them. Their ability to convey feelings that are difficult - perhaps impossible to adequately put into words. The poetry in haiku, it seems to me, lies entirely between the lines.
*s.t.*
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Last fall I attended a reading by Bulgarian poet-laureate Alexander Shurbanov. He said almoost exactly that: Poetry lies in the spaces between the words. And I got more of the same from Li-Young Lee a few months after. So I think you are onto something. --eritain
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eritain, I am so happy to see your dear name in the poetry and comments. I don't come often but it is so good to find the poets I have come to love still here among the new and exquisite talent displayed. LJ from ID