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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Blushed green
among the patio ferns
her white silk kimono.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Autumn rustles
in twilight breeze
her black silk kimono.
Her blood drop caught
by pruning
white silk kimono.
she leaves the room
an afterimage
her red silk kimono
cherry blossoms dance
in her kimono
Maple leaves on the blue
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
Standing out
in the light of the moon
her red silk kimono.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Red silk kimono
she crosses the room
with whispers.
Red silk kimonos
the child and her part
at the school gate.
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