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To divide a Haiku poem in two parts, we use a “cutting word”.
This is to separate two sections of the poem in two parts, each of which enriches the other.
Cutting can be done with example a colon, long dash or ellipsis.
Let’s have a look at few examples, I colored the cutting in red:
Basho, Matsuo
In all the rains of May
there is one thing not hidden -
the bridge at Seta Bay.
Hashin
No sky
no earth - but still
snowflakes fall
Once again, remember that not all haiku poems have to contain cutting, few more examples:
Kato, Shuson
I kill an ant
and realize my three children
have been watching.
Natsume, Soseki
On New Year’s Day
I long to meet my parents
as they were before my birth.
