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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 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
she crosses the room
with whispers.
she leaves the room
an after-image
her red silk kimono
The rose-garden fog
fades
her red silk kimono.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child’s blue kimono.
Red silk kimono
she and shadows
stretching at dawn.
Red silk kimono
the window rain
distorts her passing.
Red silk kimono
each sleeve holding
a grandchild’s gift.
White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Green kimono drying
how the wind clatters
among the bamboo.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the cherry blossoms
carpet around her.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother’s luncheon.
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