Jim Kacian is among a handful of truly excellent haiku poets in English. He is also the publisher/owner of Red Moon Press, and has given permission to reprint the introductory prose poem to his book Presents of Mind: Haiku & Illustrations (Katsura Press, 1996; Bilingual edition, Red Moon Press, 2006). This is writing which I’ve wanted to share for some time.    —  Richard Gilbert