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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Wind
ruffled black kimono
a crow mates crow.
snow outside
on her red silk kimono
our weekend affair
Red silk kimono,
she steps slowly over
the puddles shimmer.
By the cherry wood fire
scented
her red silk kimono.
Stepping stones
the swishes of her kimono
across the stream.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Wet Sunday ...
parts of the newspaper
in every room.
Apricot sky
the wind wraps and unwraps
her silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
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