James Hartnett • kasen renga: Headlights & Streetlights Review of HAIKU GUY

Haiku by Jim James Hartnett Haiku has the ability to take many forms which made choosing a title for this collection very difficult. For this reason I chose to simply and I think appropriately title it "Haiku by Jim." In it you will find haiku about many things ranging from love, death, family and pesky cats. That is what I find most intriguing about the art of haiku. It is a specific writing styles and yet seems styleless with no restrictions and certainly no limits. Haiku lends itself to life so perfectly by capturing ALL of its moments whether sad, happy, or overwhelming. The art of haiku is a release from as well as a recording of life. It is my hope that whoever opens this book and reads the haiku it contains will see truth in my moments of life and take whatever they feel they need from them. They are my creations which I give with no hesitation to anyone willing to open their minds and souls to the words I have written and the moments I have tried to capture.