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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Red silk kimono
the window rain
distorts her passing.
Broken mirror
the boy's horror
in his shattered face.
In the mirror
my yoga pose
in a beam of light.
cherry blossoms dance
in her kimono
Maple leaves on the blue
Kimono geisha
netting a butterfly
then freeing her.
snow outside
on her red silk kimono
our weekend affair
her red silk kimono
through the French doors also
cherry blossoms sweep.
Red silk kimonos
the child and her part
at the school gate.
Red silk kimono,
she steps slowly over
the puddles shimmer.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
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