Haiku Quotes

“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

“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems

“He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.
“Green grass breaks through snow.
Artemis pleads for my help.
I am so cool.”
He grinned at us, waiting for applause.
"That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said.
Apollo frowned. “Was it?”
“Yes. What about I am so bigheaded?”
“No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself.
Zoe Nightshade turned to us. “Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I’d had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a godess from Sparta-"
“I’ve got it!” Apollo announced. “I am so awesome. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse

“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

“Winter solitude-
in a world of one colour
the sound of the wind.”
― Basho Matsuo

“Blood is really warm,
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains

“O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly!”
― Kobayashi Issa

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

“Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.”
― Issa

“It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.”
― Jon J. Muth

“This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.”
― Basho Matsuo

“The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet--”
― Issa Kobayashi, The Dumpling Field: Haiku of Issa

“Each person you meet
is an aspect of yourself,
clamoring for love.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“Calligraphy of geese
against the sky-
the moon seals it.”
― Buson Yosa

“All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white obliterate...
Snow...unceasing snow”
― Hashin, Japanese Haiku

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

“History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves...a butterfly
Floats and balances”
― Bashō, Japanese Haiku

“Many solemn nights
Blond moon, we stand and marvel...
Sleeping our noons away”
― Teitoku, Japanese Haiku

“Dead my old fine hopes
And dry my dreaming but still...
Iris, blue each spring”
― Shushiki, Japanese Haiku

“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.”
― Santoka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda

“Ceaseless.
Almost too much for this small frame.
You make me part of the sky.”
― Andrea Portes, Anatomy of a Misfit

“She would disappear
folded like origami
into her own dreams”
― Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

“On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening”
― Bashō

“Mountain-rose petals
Falling, falling, falling now...
Waterfall music”
― Bashō, Japanese Haiku

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

“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.”
― Santoka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda

“Giddy grasshopper
Take care...do not leap and crush
These pearls of dewdrop”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku

“If this were real life,
Ed would have looked at her neck-
bite, dead, burp, credits.”
― Ryan Mecum, Vampire Haiku