Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Red silk kimono
the scent of jasmine
in her jet-black hair.
Green kimono drying
how the wind clatters
among the bamboo.
Just the sound of tea
brewing in the room ...
her red silk kimono.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Red silk kimono
she feeds the koi pouts
from the bridge.
she leaves the room
an after-image
her red silk kimono
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
In the mirror
my yoga pose
in a beam of light.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Red silk kimono,
she steps slowly over
the puddles shimmer.
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