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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White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
Landing crow
suddenly ruffled
her white silk kimono.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Broken mirror
the boy's horror
in his shattered face.
Open silk kimono
next to her skin
the breeze that moves it.
Stepping stones
the swishes of her kimono
across the stream.
Train window--
suddenly so close
a red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
Standing out
in the light of the moon
her red silk kimono.
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