Haiku

Haiku used to be the name of the first stanza of the Japanese ancient poems. It finally became a literary form itself. The shortest form of poetry, a haiku is always composed of three verses: five, seven and five syllables each.
This is a collection of Italian translations of haikus written between the 17th and the 19th century, including quite a few works by the three most important authors of the genre (Basho, Buson and Issa) and many of their followers and contemporaries.
I don't think it is translated in English but I reckon that one can find a similar anthology in any major language.
Most of these compositions are meant to inspire in the reader a sensation or an image or both.
I find them brilliant.