Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons..

Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field.

The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion..

Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry….

A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield..