Haiku Quotes

Dare to love yourselfas if you were a rainbowwith gold at both ends.

~ Aberjhani

What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.

~ Kobayashi Issa

This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds.

~ Bashō Matsuo

Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff.Apollo? I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. I'm incognito. Call me Fred.A god named Fred?

~ Rick Riordan

He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.“Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said. Apollo frowned. “Was it?” “No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself.

~ Rick Riordan

You only live twice:Once when you are bornAnd once when you look death in the face

~ Ian Fleming

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

~ Aberjhani

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

~ Aberjhani

Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters.

~ Aberjhani

Where humanitysowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.

~ Aberjhani

people don't get meit's more rule than exceptionGod bless exceptions

~ Beth Myrle Rice

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

~ Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Summer grasses,All that remainsOf soldiers' dreams

~ Bashō Matsuo

Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.

~ Aberjhani

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

~ Aberjhani

stronger than mountains.a place where my heart feels the safest- underneath his shirt.

~ Sanober Khan

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

~ Aberjhani

Dead my old fine hopesAnd dry my dreaming but still...Iris, blue each spring

~ Bashō Matsuo

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

~ Bashō Matsuo

HereI'm here-the snow falling.

~ Kobayashi Issa

Calligraphy of geeseagainst the sky-the moon seals it.

~ Yosa Buson

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 or think of the moon. This is the essence of haiku. Go beyond the restrictions of your era, forget about purpose or meaning, separate yourself from historical limitations—there you will find the essence of true art, religion, and science.

~ Santōka Taneda

But for their cries,The herons would be lostAmidst the morning snow.

~ Chiyo Ni

Come windless invaderI am a carnival ofStars, a poem of blood.

~ Sonia Sanchez

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 or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.

~ Bashō Matsuo

In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away.

~ Yosa Buson

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

~ Aberjhani

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

~ Aberjhani

You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

~ Aberjhani

He utilizesform for a striking lecture;young poets shiverinexperience,but thaw over their own work,fertilize magic.

~ Kristen Henderson

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

~ Aberjhani

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

~ Aberjhani

The moon is my fear.The sun is my heart afire.The stars, my love songs.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Your hair is winter fire,January embers.My heart burns there, too.-Stephen King, IT

~ Stephen King

Amore is loveconfessed to you in haiku.Do you love me too?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A violinist fiddled.With strings resined for winter.Summer's light splintered.

~ H.s. Crow

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

~ Kobayashi Issa

Describe plum-blossoms?Better than my verses...whiteWordless Butterflies

~ Bashō Matsuo

Leave me alone,Do me a favor, abandon me,I want to think about,You me and the idea of forever.

~ Rohit Hora