you're welcome.

Alid

oh dear, I don't know how many will tell his story. He real name was Masaoka Noboru and he was born to a samurai class family of modest means.At 15, he was involved with Freedom and People's Rights Movement and getting himself banned from public speaking by the principal of Matsuyama Middle School. In 1883, he moved to Tokyo where he became poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period. He was one of the haiku masters though his writing also includes tanka as well. He was a very sickly man, however and suffered from tuberculosis (TB) much of his life.
He was a war correspondent in the First Sino-Japanese war.and, while eventually obtaining his goal, he arrived in China after the April 17, 1895, signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.Instead of reporting on the war, he spent an unpleasant time harassed by Japanese soldiers in Dalian, Luangtao, and the Lüshunkou District. He continued to cough blood throughout his return voyage to Japan and was hospitalized in Kobe. He died of TB in 1902 at age 34

Hmmm, so you see, I'm going to struggle hard if I'm doing the haiku. There's just so much words you can write in a haiku. I'll see what I ccan do but damn its gonna be tough.lol.

Alid