Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

In your hands winteris a book with cloud pagesthat snow pearls of love.

Twilight whippoorwill…Whistle on, sweet deepenerOf dark loneliness

Oh, mightiest wind,wilt thou cease thy breathing inand hold thy exhales?

Stars ink your fingerswith a lexicon of flameblazing rare knowledge.

Absence of problems does not lead to happiness. Dealing with them does.

Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden.

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...

Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love.

HereI’m here-the snow falling.

Because,” said a boy.”Because why?” asked a young girl.”Because I love you.

Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.

Anyone can talk, but to listen is a gift, we should all exchange

Winter solitude-in a world of one colourthe sound of the wind.

I am so awesome. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself.

You were almost like a haiku: said so little, but meant so much.

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

If I had the knackI’d sing likeCherry flakes falling

Exhale the remnants/Of wounds that steal your freedom./No more prisons. Breathe.

Change happens for youthe moment you want somethingmore than you fear it.

before the gate –my walking stick’s made a riverof melting snow

The blue of daylightfades and chills as the sun sinksbeneath clouds of fire.

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

We wear many things, but that with greatest import is our expression.

When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree...

Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel…Sleeping our noons away

Ceaseless.Almost too much for this small frame.You make me part of the sky.

All Heaven and EarthFlowered white obliterate…Snow…unceasing snow

The River Mogami has drownedFar and deepBeneath its surging wavesThe flaming sun of summer

Secure in his flightRider on the constant windsHawk flies through his daysLooks then to the eastPrompted by fate’s gentle breezeChanges his intentFate’s gentle breezesMove the mighty heart to changeDestiny remade

I know how to tell a woman I love her in seventeen syllables or less. I’m not talking about a haiku, I’m talking about grunts from an orgasm.

Hi! My little hutIs newly-thatched I see…Blue morning-glories

Compliments land assoft and gentle on my earsas a butterfly.

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

When you touch a life, strive to leave it the better for the change you make

Why so scrawny, cat?Starving for fat fish or mice…Or backyard love?

The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.

Oh, sweet cherry tree-how lovely your blossoms are.Spring brings joy to life.

I explained it loudand clear. What part of “meow”don’t you understand?

I preserve my worldin journals so my children can eat without me

alfrescothe sommelier decantsa red sunset

I knew I loved youwhen ‘home’ went from being a placeto being a person.

O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!

Death stoops over me.I’m a problem in chess. Hehas the solution.

History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.

To sleep on our thoughts, Is better than to lose sleep over rash actions

Awakened at midnightby the sound of the water jarcracking from the ice

The sun shines, snow falls, mountains rise and valleys sink, night deepens and pales into day, but it is only very seldom that we attend to such things. . . . When we are grasping...

We had a threesomeYou, me and my depressionDepression fucks hard

Letmeoutletmeoutletmeoutletmeout.Wait–let me back in!…Letmeinletmeinletmeinletmein.Wait–let me back out!