“Haiku does not express emotion from the inside out by displaying the mind of a character. Haiku builds the emotional thrust, makes the artistic statement from the outside in, from the physical world to the mind of the reader.” PoetryReadingEmotionExpressionReaderHaikuJapanese Book:Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet! Source: Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet!
“Reading haiku is as much an art as writing it. The reader needs to pause and listen to the silences, to feel the spaces between the words, and to journey into the depths of many multi-colored worlds.” WritingPoetryReadingSilenceJourneyHaiku Book:Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet! Source: Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet!