haiku quotes

• • The right eye of the clear, bright spirit of haiku is pitiless truth. Her left eye is compassionate wisdom. — jp

  • Question many ask their haiku selves is: "What's the implication of this event I behold". That would be after asking: "What's happening here?" — jp

• People find "haiku" where ever they want to see one. Look...over there a tiger with spots and a horn! — Merrill Gonzales

  • "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." — Anton Chekhov

• "I don't take with me an intention to write haiku. They come to me. When they do, I write descriptions of the perceptions that gave birth to them. My personal, ineffable reactions to these perceptions I think of as momentary enlightenments." — Stewart W. Holmes

• "Haikus do not usually refer to a participant: in other words — no self. This usually extends to mean no adjectives are included, as adjectives imply there is a person judging (a beautiful tree implies an opinion, there-fore someone who holds the opinion)." — Arnie Kozak, Ph.D.

  • "The opinions expressed in these haiku/senryu are those of nature, and do not necessarily reflect in any way those of this author." — This Author

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