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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Wind
ruffled black kimono
a crow mates crow.
Autumn rustles
in twilight breeze
her black silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the scent of jasmine
in her jet-black hair.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
Blushed green
among the patio ferns
her white silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the cherry blossoms
carpet around her.
Marble hail
on the path to the post box
her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimonos
the child and her part
at the school gate.
Red silk kimono
slowly opening
between her breasts.
she leaves the room
an after-image
her red silk kimono
Red silk kimono
she and shadows
stretching at dawn.
Apricot sky
the wind wraps and unwraps
her silk kimono.
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