Influenced by Japanese haiku poets Basho and Issa, Luke Levi's poems focus on nature, love, beauty, and peace. Known for his calming and optimistic poetry, Windswept Leaves collects Levi's most memorable haiku.

The author also added 26 of his nature photographs, paired with poems, creating a unique mixture of art. The author's short introduction discusses haiku and the 400-year-long history of the poetry form.

In these pages, Levi writes about birds, bees, butterflies, clouds, trees, and other parts of nature in a Zen-like way that shows a peaceful intimacy with the natural world. 10 haiku from Windswept Leaves:as if with lovethe peach tree lets falla wrinkled leafcaughtbetween two worldsan owl at sunsetknowing nothingof worldly thingsa butterfly is bornthis lakecollects memoriesas floating leavesthe skylike yesterdaygetting brighterlike a fallen leafI also will becomethe earthby falling downI see the wildflowersmuch betterstep carefully on earth--that ant carries a crumbof cheese to his familychanging sizeup and down green hillsa vulture's shadowmindlesslydrifting to the flowersthe butterfly and I.