The biggest Influence in my youth was William Blake...i felt like was being infused with his soul and even today i would like think that i write with the same spirit as Him in a more contemporary idiom though i do write a lot of Haikus...there is one verse that i think sums-up Blake it is: To see a world in a grain of sand And hold Infinity in the palm of your hand; To see beauty in a wild flower And Eternity in an Hour. How close is this verse to the spirit of the Haiku? but less succinct of course...www.peterhugomcclure.com/10-years-of-haikus-by-peter-hugo-mcclure.html ...here you can peruse hundreds of Haikus written in my travels around the world...  Magically finding...The Way...a Pilgrim's Progress...Through much Ravaged Lands.   

Works published in various magazines in various countries plus have exhibited Art-Work i.e. Paintings, Sculptures, Collages, Photos etc in the UK (mainly in the Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall),California, N.Z., Germany, Italy, Holland & Yugoslavia... in addition some of my images have been used for book covers & book content...reproductions of my work can be purchased globally from various vendors...