Haiku. Japanese poetry

Japanese lyrical poems, haiku, are distinguished by their utmost conciseness and unique poetics, reflecting through their verse the life of nature and humans in their inseparable, indissoluble unity against the backdrop of the seasonal cycle. The term "after-feeling" fully reflects Japanese lyricism — after all, the deep echo born from a word does not fade away immediately. The ability to awaken the imagination is one of the main properties of Japanese poetry. Masters such as Basho, Buson, and Issa are just a few of those whose poems continue to stir our feelings. In the translation by the poet, philologist, and literary critic Vera Nikolaevna Markova, unique Japanese poetic miniatures are transformed into aphoristic free verses, transitioning into blank verse.