Quotes from Sam Hamill

Autumn approaches and the heart begins to dream. — Bash?, The Sound of Water: Haiku by Bash?, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala, November 14, 2006)

Heaven is eternal. The earth endures. The reason for heaven's eternity and earth's endurance is that they do not live for themselves only, and thereby live forever. The sage steps back but remains in front, the outside always within. Self is realized through selflessness.

The only thing we all agree on, virtually every poet in this country, is that this Administration is really frightening, and we want something done about it.