With only four or five lines per screen on the hand-held organizer, he said, "this is a bit like trying to write haiku."

He loves writing haiku and is often seen with a pen and a piece of paper to write on it.

He has a younger sister who inspired him to write haiku.

"The sense of fulfillment is enormous, so once you begin to write haiku it's easy to become hooked."

Samukawa was so absorbed in writing haiku that in the end, he dropped out of the school.

She has no friends, hates school and is far happier sitting inside a cupboard or writing haiku alone in her bedroom.

He has been writing and publishing haiku for 25 years.

Tranströmer's poems owe something to Japanese tradition, and early in his career he wrote haiku.

With ties from his former life severed, and without any material possessions, he began to write haiku in earnest.

In Japanese poetry, the rules for writing traditional haiku require that each poem include a reference to a specific season.