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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The rose-garden fog
fades
her red silk kimono.
Autumn rustles
in twilight breeze
her black silk kimono.
snow outside
on her red silk kimono
our weekend affair
Just the sound of tea
brewing in the room ...
her red silk kimono.
Wind
ruffled black kimono
a crow mates crow.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
In the mirror
my yoga pose
in a beam of light.
Red silk kimono
slowly opening
between her breasts.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Red silk kimono
laying by the river
beside her.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
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