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.
her black kimono--
winds shimmer
its autumn leaves
her silk kimono
shimmering back and forth
autumn leaves on black
In the mirror
my yoga pose
in a beam of light.
Broken mirror
the boy's horror
in his shattered face.
Wind
ruffled black kimono
a crow mates crow.
Autumn rustles
in twilight breeze
her black silk kimono.
White silk kimono
her sunlit hair
more rainbow than black.
Kimono geisha
netting a butterfly
then freeing her.
Red silk kimono
the window rain
distorts her passing.
Red silk kimono
decoding her moves
he smiles.
Red silk kimono
still shimmering light
in her mirror.
Red silk kimono
laying by the river
beside her.
Red silk kimono
the scent of jasmine
in her jet-black hair.
Standing out
in the light of the moon
her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
she feeds the koi pouts
from the bridge.
Red silk kimonos
the child and her part
at the school gate.
Just the sound of tea
brewing in the room ...
her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
the cherry blossoms
carpet around her.
Midnight, her cat
purrs on
the red silk kimono.
Landing crow
suddenly ruffled
her white silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
slowly opening
between her breasts.
snow outside
on her red silk kimono
our weekend affair
Her blood drop caught
by pruning
white silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
each sleeve holding
a grandchild's gift.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child's embrace.
Train window--
suddenly so close
a red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
she and shadows
stretching at dawn.
A sultry night
the house key hangs
where her kimono would.
Red silk kimono
she crosses the room
with whispers.
Across the snow
across the lawn
her red silk kimono.
The rose-garden fog
fades
her red silk kimono.
By the cherry wood fire
scented
her red silk kimono.
Green kimono drying
how the wind clatters
among the bamboo.
Bamboo wind-chimes
lightly in the breeze
her red silk kimono.
Stepping stones
the swishes of her kimono
across the stream.
Marble hail
on the path to the post box
her red silk kimono.
Chest of drawers
kimono dragon eyes
folded in silk.
Autumn hike
through the apple blossoms
her green kimono.
Sudden rain
under the red swings
a child's blue kimono.
Blushed green
among the patio ferns
her white silk kimono.
Red silk kimono
every Sunday
grandmother's luncheon.
Red silk kimono,
she steps slowly over
the puddles shimmer.
Open silk kimono
next to her skin
the breeze that moves it.
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
Her red silk kimono
on our picnic
yesterday's rain in the grass.
Her red silk kimono on our picnic yesterday’s rain in the grass.
Red silk kimono every Sunday grandmother’s luncheon.
Sudden rain under the red swings a child’s blue kimono.
Her red silk kimono sneaking under the child’s embrace.
Red silk kimono each sleeve holding a grandchild’s gift.
She leaves the room an after image her red silk kimono.
Just the sound of tea brewing in the room ... her red silk kimono.
Red silk kimono as stark the moon at dusk.
White silk kimono her sunlit hair more rainbow than black.
her red silk kimono through the French doors also cherry blossoms sweep.
her red silk kimono
through the French doors also
cherry blossoms sweep.
Wet Sunday ...
parts of the newspaper
in every room.
she leaves the room
an afterimage
her red silk kimono
Apricot sky
the wind wraps and unwraps
her silk kimono.
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