Bringing Haiku back

{via We Heart It}

Through one of my favorite tumblr sites, TwentyThree, I stumbled across a guy who writes haiku. If you're like me, writing haiku was an exercise in futility. I have lots and lots of words, and trying to cut them was torture. Don't get me wrong I love haiku. It's just that I am not short on words. (Well except when I actually need them. But don't get me started on that phenomenon that's plaguing me right now.)

Which is why I enjoy reading haiku so much more than writing them.

And this guy can take 17 syllables and create the most amazing feelings. These are meltingly wonderful. Here are two of my favorites so far.

Electricity
when your hand's behind my neck
and you kiss my lips.

I get chills just reading that. But let's not stop here.

You are everything
I have always dreamed of
but never woke up to.

Um. Wow. If he didn't have a girlfriend (who he's apparently crazy about, lucky) I would be emailing him my undying fandom. *sigh* I'll probably do that anyway, but with a definite different tone to the email.

As if the ability to write weren't enough, he's also an amazing photographer. Go and check out his corner of the world here.