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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Green kimono drying
how the wind clatters
among the bamboo.
she leaves the room
an after-image
her red silk kimono
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
By the cherry wood fire
scented
her red silk kimono.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
The rose-garden fog
fades
her red silk kimono.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
Landing crow
suddenly ruffled
her white silk kimono.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Across the snow
across the lawn
her red silk kimono.
Her blood drop caught
by pruning
white silk kimono.
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