I write haiku when I'm feelin' blue and when love and pain make me want
to. Join us on a journey through the pain of betrayal, divorce and
after... We love the traditional Japanese haiku format of 17 syllables
on 3 lines: 5-7-5. It is very symmetrical, terse and disciplined.
However, these are not your great grandfather's haiku. This is Modern
American Haiku. We do keep the fundamental format, but that 's all. For
one thing, we give them titles, which we believe helps the reader focus
on the punch in each haiku. Second, there is word play. Third, there is
the extra dimension of the images in which the haiku are embedded or by
which they are framed. We believe the reader will be amazed at how well
the illustrations deepen the haiku. Ted and Patricia