"Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life."
- Santōka Taneda
"Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects cry, water flows. There is no place we cannot find flowers o..."
"Talentless and incompetent as I am, there are two things I can do, and two things only: walk, with my own two feet; compose, composing my poems."