La Noche



La noche helada  

encendida de valor, 

 cabalga eterna. 

Haiku by Hebeblue - July - 2003



Haiku: is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:

• The essence of haiku is the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them.

• Traditional haiku consist of 17 sylables  in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively.

• A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such words. The majority of kigo, but not all, are drawn from the natural world. This, combined with the origins of haiku in pre-industrial Japan, has led to the inaccurate impression that haiku are necessarily nature poems.