And as usual the words from the man himself say more than I ever could. 

Allen Ginsberg said Kerouac was the only person in the US who knew how to write haiku.

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Thanks, found a good quote from Kerouac about them

“Above all, a haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi pastorella.”
-Jack Kerouac

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Thanks, found a good quote from Kerouac about them

> *“Above all, a haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi pastorella.”
-Jack Kerouac*