Thanks to Freya Pickard for selecting another of my haiku for Pure Haiku.
below sea surface subaqueous creatures dance, glowing unknown lives
Merril D. Smith writes poetry with a cat on her lap and gazes out the window at birds and trees.
Merril’s haiku were shortlisted for the Featured Haiku Writer.
This haiku is part of our Ghostlight theme.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
The mysteries of the ocean depths captured in three short lines!
Thanks so much, Liz! My other one was outer space, so I made this one the ocean. 😊
You’re welcome, Merril!
I can see them! (K)
Thank you very much! That’s wonderful!
A wondrous ocean floor dance 🌏😛🐬🐋🐟
Thank you so much, Ivor!🐠🐙😊
My pleasure Merril
Beautiful haiku on subaqueous creatures glowing lives under the sea. Nicely crafted 👏
Thank you so much!
How beautiful, Merril: congratulations!
Thank you, Ingrid!
Beautifully, sparely, described teeming life.
Thank you so much, Derrick!
My favorite form: haiku, beautifully rendered here. 😀
That’s very kind. Thank you, Marian. I think they are difficult to write,😊
The vastness of the ocean is portrayed beautifully in just a few words. Wonderful, Merril🌸💫
Thank you very much! 🌸
Wonderful how you’ve given us such a lovely image in so few words!
That’s so kind, Dale. Thank you!
My pleasure 🙂
I so love this poem! You have crafted such a vision with only three lines!!! 🙂 This is a wonderful little poem to read again and again. It made me think how this vision would look in a children’s book with sea creatures darting about in the depths of the ocean deep. It made me think of fathoms deep and all that is still unexplored in the ocean. All that glowing and dancing…a lesson for us all. 🙂 Thank you for this poem…it is a treasure!
Thank you so much, Linda. I’m so pleased by your enthusiasm! 💙