Haiku Poet Quotes

#1. On his death bed, the eighteenth-century haiku poet Shisui had finally responded to requests for a death poem by grabbing his brush, painting his poem, and dying. On the paper Shisui's shocked followers saw he had painted a circle.

Richard Flanagan

#2. He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.

Matsuo Basho

#3. So I don't think I'll make Poet Laureate,
but I swear I'm not twisted and bitter,
If finely-wrought talents
don't weigh in the balance,
I can always write haiku on Twitter.

Rosy Cole

#4. The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#5. Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person.

Ken Livingstone

#6. haiku moment: that moment of absolute intensity when the poet's grasp of his intuition is complete, so that the image lives its own life. Such

Kenneth Yasuda

#7. You expect to cop a bit wherever you go. In the past there hasn't been any racism or any racist comments that I've seen. I'm expecting a tough time, as we get everywhere we go, but racism hasn't been a problem before.

Glenn McGrath

#8. But what was done was done. And she just had to move on from that. Avoid him whenever possible. When she did have to face him, she would make sure she kept a good three feet between them at all times. Or three yards. Or miles.

Jessica Gadziala

#9. serenity, the calm daughter of tolerance

Erich Maria Remarque

#10. Parents deserve the peace of mind of knowing their children are in good hands. By investing in early childhood educators, we are supporting nurturing child care environments where children can thrive.

Kathleen Wynne

#11. Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#12. The primary obligation of any prisoner is to escape. Whether that means actually leaving or simply figuring out a way to handle things so you don't go crazy is up to you.

Emmanuel Goldstein

#13. The mix of awe and anger and the realisation that the world was large, and beautiful, and sometimes so overwhelming in its wonder that it was impossible to drink it all down at once

Sarah J. Maas

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

Richelle E. Goodrich

#15. I swear so soon as age will permit ... I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.

Hannibal

#16. There comes a point where the disappointments in your life accrue faster than you can find external forces to blame them on.

Christian Finnegan

#17. I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath.

Spalding Gray