April Romberger

For me, haiku is about capturing moments. No matter what your goals are in life, or what your big plans are, they are reached for through, maybe attained, through moments. Life is lived in moments. So, for me, it has always seemed that one of the most important things was to collect those moments along the way. I've done this in various ways over time, but the haiku seems to be the best form for doing this I have found. In journals, I always got too descriptive, and the moment was lost in the words. In drawings, I could never show all the details I wanted to keep. Haiku, on the other hand, is purely about capturing the feel of something, the essence of a moment. The words are a means, and not an end in themselves. This is what haiku means to me. This is why I enjoy writing haiku. I am capturing the moments of my life.