The knowledge stored in rows,
shelf by shelf, rack by rack,
each and every book
giving some knowledge,
teaching some morals,
telling some stories, based on truth, based on fiction,
books will teach you how to live,
how to survive,
teach about the world.
Every day, every book,
every page, every line
filled with human values,
teaching humanity about itself,
the treasure of life,
a temple for everyone,
falling in love with books
is the same as gaining
endless true friends.
I have previously written poems, short poems, haikus, and tankas, and they have been published in a variety of online journals and blogs such as Under the Basho, Heron’s Nest, Triya Magazine, Haikuniverse, Mainichi Haiku, Daily Haiku, the African Haiku Network, Cold Moon Journal, Cattails Journal, Poetry Potion, Enchanted Garden Haiku, Autumn Moon Journal, King River Press, so on and so forth. I have also dabbled in writing Haikus in Japanese, submitting them to Haikutown (haikutown.jp).