Jim Kacian

WYSIWYG

I could break the four minute mile if I ran faster. I could play the great opera houses of Europe if I could sing. I could prove M-Theory if I understood the universe better. I could publish a best-selling novel if I wrote one. I could be president . . .

the present doesn't last
as long as it used to
green flash

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About the Author

Jim Kacian is founder and president of The Haiku Foundation as well as chairman of its board; founder and owner of Red Moon Press; and editor in chief of Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W. W. Norton, 2013).