Haiku Haiku In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese haiku. Previously called "hokku", haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century. In Japanese haiku a "kireji", or cutting word, typically appears at the end of one of the verse's three phrases. A "kireji" fills a role somewhat analogous to a "caesura" in classical western poetry or to a volta in sonnets. Depending on which cutting word is chosen, and its
Haiku in English Turtle Light Press. In the UK, the British Haiku Society publishes "Blithe Spirit", and the World Haiku Club publishes "The World Haiku Review". Another leading haiku magazine in the UK is "Presence" (formerly "Haiku Presence"), which was edited for many years by Martin Lucas (1962-2014). In Ireland, twenty issues of "Haiku Spirit" edited by Jim Norton were published between 1995 and 2000. "Shamrock", the online journal of the Irish Haiku Society edited by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, has been publishing international haiku in English since 2007. In Australia, twenty issues of "Yellow Moon", a literary magazine for writers of haiku and other