Haikus Quotes

“Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends.”
― Author-Poet Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Quote words that affirm
all men and women are your
brothers and sisters.”
― Author-Poet Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Hope drowned in shadows
emerges fiercely splendid––
boldly angelic.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Where humanity
sowed faith, hope, and unity,
joy’s garden blossomed.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“I knew I loved you
when 'home' went from being a place
to being a person.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“I owe them gods
a bottle of whiskey
and a bullet each”
― Elancharan Gunasekaran

“Absence of problems
   does not lead to happiness.
     Dealing with them does.”
― J. Benson, Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

“November the seventh
The last
Faint cricket”
― Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus

“Hitch hiked a thousand
miles and brought
You wine”
― Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus

“The other man, just as
lonesome as I am
In this empty universe”
― Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus

“A violinist fiddled.
With strings resined for winter.
Summer's light splintered.”
― H.S. Crow

“Buds in the snow
—the deadly fight
between two birds”
― Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus

“In the morning sun
with eyes closed
a praying mantis”
― Meeta Ahluwalia

“We wear many things,
   but that with greatest import
     is our expression.”
― J. Benson, Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

“a broken mirror
tries hard to fix itself
everytime she smiles at it”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“Your eyes are the light of your heart and do not make your soul dark”.


Ravi Sathasivam / Sri Lanka
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― ravi Sathaivam / Sri Lanka

“many took the leap
with the frog, only to become Basho's
ignoring the frog and the pond”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“they make love
in the sculptures
on a temple wall”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“i don't know who proposed first
all that i remember is her smile and his shyness
says love”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“tamarind seedling
on a cowdung cake -
green phoenix”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“bodhi tree dreams
of enjoying the picnic
with buddha's family”
― Soman Gouda, Seedlings of Light: A Haiku Collection

“The Flintstone
Block No.1:
A whole nation has created the kindling
Which owes you desperately
But it hasn’t been specified
Whether it’s the flintstone
Or A firestorm?

Block No.2:
A piece of my happiness is in debt with the flintstone
You’ve turned to the rocks
But it’s for the flint stone.


Block No.3:
I’m in debt with the flintstone
The whole world is in debt with the flintstone


Block No.4:
It has cast a spell
For all your desires
Behind the railing.

Block No.5:
I’m the mother of this Flintstone
I’ve nourished it
I’ve shed tears on it
If the world is on fire
I’m the one to blame.


Block No.6:
I’ve betrayed the heaven above
God is disabled by it.


Block No.7:
And since then people have taken the vow of silence, …

From 'Dating Noah’s Son'

Rosa Jamali

(TRANSLATED FROM ORIGINAL PERSIAN INTO ENGLISH BY ROSA JAMALI)”
― Rosa Jamali, Selected Poems of Rosa Jamali

“This book is nothing less than a linguistic exploration of a new language via the poetic form.

Like so many before him, Yanito takes an established form of poetry, in this case the haiku, in order to assert both the value and sheer existence of his mother tongue, Llanito.

As yet a formally unestablished language, Yanito intermingles the liberty that this affords with an established poetic structure in order to call attention to the beauty and (local) relevance of Llanito, in much the same way as poets from all over Europe used the Italian sonnet to lend weight and aesthetic beauty to their budding languages.”
― Yanito