The ladies who meet regularly in a museum cafe in Cologne skip the gossip and get straight down to haiku, an ultra-brief poetry style that has spread from Japan around the globe.

• 女士经常在科隆的博物馆咖啡屋碰面，跳过其他，直接说到俳句，俳句是一种极其简短的诗的类型，它已经从日本蔓延到了全球。