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 kimonos
the child and her part
at the school gate.
her red silk kimono
through the French doors also
cherry blossoms sweep.
Bamboo wind-chimes
lightly in the breeze
her red silk kimono.
Kimono geisha
netting a butterfly
then freeing her.
Her blood drop caught
by pruning
white silk kimono.
Stepping stones
the swishes of her kimono
across the stream.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Autumn rustles
in twilight breeze
her black silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
decoding her moves
he smiles.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
Red silk kimono
she feeds the koi pouts
from the bridge.
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