Хокку. Японская лирика

Japanese lyrical poems haiku differ in their extreme brevity and unique poetics, reflecting with their style the life of nature and humanity in their inseparable unity against the backdrop of the cycles of the seasons. The term "afterfeeling" fully embodies Japanese lyricism — for the deep resonance born of words does not fade immediately. The ability to awaken the imagination is one of the main characteristics of Japanese poetry. Masters such as Bashō, Buson, and Issa are only a few of those whose poems still have the power to stir our feelings. In the translation by poet, philologist, and literary scholar Vera Nikolaevna Markova, unique Japanese poetic miniatures transform into aphoristic free verses that transition into blank verse.