Haiku is a rigorous discipline of verbal de-cluttering which challenges the author to divest the soul of earthly burdens and allow it to float free.

Alysse Aallyn is the author of five well-received novels: Devlyn, Find Courtney, Woman Into Wolf, Depraved Heart, I'll Sleep When You're Dead; two poetry volumes: The Hot Skin and The Five Wounds, a book of short stories Awake Till the End, and five plays: The Honey & the Pang about the ghost of Emily Dickinson, Queen of Swords, Caving, Woman Into Wolf and SoulM8. She believes the rigorous discipline of haiku unburdens the cluttered mind and allows the soul to float free. She can be contacted at Alysse@DreamWishImagine.com.