Tuesday, March 17, 2009

moonset

moonset--
the distance between us
measured in breaths

7 comments:

Clockwork Orange said...

Very Pretty, a counterpoint to yesterday's loneliness? This also appeals to me today because the moon was so visible as I ran this morning before dawn

John McDonald said...

another good one nora
john

Devika Jyothi said...

Haha

I measure this daily almost daily, Nora...and when it finally gets to my nerve, as a physics teacher I turn to the exact distance that I know...and turn to my work!:))

nice poem,

wishes,
devika

Magyar said...

I often condemn myself as I become much too "wordy;" here, two su
can say it all.
Wonderfully comforting. _m

Frank... said...

A lovely haiku...

Devika Jyothi said...

Now this made me laugh again...at my non-sensical reading

i am always caught with the distance between me and the moon...your meant it differently :)

wishes,
devika

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I absolutely love this!!