Brian R. Martens is a master of the traditional Japanese art form known as the haiku, which is short and compact. He also writes longer poems, which give him the opportunity to explore big topics like time and space, mystery and what he calls "Vision Wind." Both haiku and longer poems are collected in a new book titled “Three Raven Gate”. In an essay at the back of this book, Martens explains that he was 'hiding my voice behind other poets' and that 'revealing of my inner thoughts and life in words is my salvation and a way to befriend myself.' The poems in Three Raven Gate will make Martens new friends in the world of poetry and beyond. They reveal the wonders one can work with a form as short and compact a haiku, and they take readers into the immense mysteries of the human heart.
