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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Just the sound of tea
brewing in the room ...
her red silk kimono.
Green kimono drying
how the wind clatters
among the bamboo.
Red silk kimono
decoding her moves
he smiles.
Apricot sky
the wind wraps and unwraps
her silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Red silk kimono
laying by the river
beside her.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Standing out
in the light of the moon
her red silk kimono.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
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