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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Red silk kimono
slowly opening
between her breasts.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Red silk kimono
she feeds the koi pouts
from the bridge.
Bamboo wind-chimes
lightly in the breeze
her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the scent of jasmine
in her jet-black hair.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Kimono geisha
netting a butterfly
then freeing her.
Her blood drop caught
by pruning
white silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
each sleeve holding
a grandchild's gift.
Standing out
in the light of the moon
her red silk kimono.
Broken mirror
the boy's horror
in his shattered face.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
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