The Art Of Japanese Haiku

Aldo Alberto Naef-Cruz Martinez
3 min readNov 13, 2020
Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash

Being fascinated by Japanese culture, I became interested in writing traditional Japanese short poetry. Also known as Haiku.

What is Haiku?

Here’s what Wikipedia says about it.

Haiku (俳句) is a type of short-form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese Haiku consists of three phrases that contain a kireji, or “cutting word,” 17 on (a type of…

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