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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her black kimono--
winds shimmer
its autumn leaves
Red silk kimono
laying by the river
beside her.
Red silk kimono
slowly opening
between her breasts.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
she leaves the room
an afterimage
her red silk kimono
White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
she feeds the koi pouts
from the bridge.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the window rain
distorts her passing.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
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