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

- Masaoka Shiki

The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

- Masaoka Shiki

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

- Masaoka Shiki

Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons.

- Masaoka Shiki

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…

- Masaoka Shiki