02UndatedReading 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.Harley King / quote ↗
04UndatedMay your journey through life be vibrant and full of colorful rainbows.Harley King / quote ↗
05UndatedMany of the poets writing today are hung up on language and symbolism. If the poem does not have depth of meaning or fit a certain academic styles and standards, then it is not poetry. Poetry should relate to the man on the street who has to work for a living. Until poetry connects with the working man, it’s not going to sell; it’s not going to be of value.Harley King / quote ↗
06UndatedAll things old become new again. In my youth the athletes had crew cuts and the hippies had long hair. Now the athletes have long hair and the hippies are bald.Harley King / quote ↗
07UndatedLife often is a bucket of water sitting on a farmer’s porch. Our choice is in the drinking.Harley King / quote ↗
08UndatedStory is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.Harley King / quote ↗
09UndatedOur stories are not new; yet, in the retelling we are reborn as heroes.Harley King / quote ↗
11UndatedWhat I really want is to be recognized as a writer; that someday, my poetry — this is an interesting paradox — would be taught in English classes; for my name, along with my poetry, to exist 500 years from now.Harley King / quote ↗
17UndatedHaiku 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.Harley King / quote ↗
18UndatedKnowing when and how to change course is important to success. Self-doubt is a lighthouse that will keep you from running aground. Don't become shipwrecked on the rocks of time. Be willing to rethink your decisions and change course.Harley King / quote ↗
20UndatedWhat’s the use of writing poetry for your peers? I don’t think I should sell my poetry to other poets. If that’s who my audience is, I’m dead, I’m not going to make any money.Harley King / quote ↗
21UndatedReading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.Harley King / quote ↗
