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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Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
The rose-garden fog
fades
her red silk kimono.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
Bamboo wind-chimes
lightly in the breeze
her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
Red silk kimono
laying by the river
beside her.
Red silk kimono
decoding her moves
he smiles.
Stepping stones
the swishes of her kimono
across the stream.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
snow outside
on her red silk kimono
our weekend affair
she leaves the room
an after-image
her red silk kimono
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