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Haiku

The Art of Haiku.

Haiku are 17 syllables and traditionally structured 5 - 7 - 5

Rules

  • The haiku you want to post must be in the title of your post. One haiku per post. Use / separator for lines.

  • Refrain from using harsh and unnecessarily foul language when making a haiku. Profanity is auto removed.

  • If you're posting someone else's haiku, please credit the original poet in the comments

  • No self-promotion, political themes, or religious themes.

  • X-rated haikus belong on /r/XRatedHaiku, we prefer keeping /r/haiku SFW.

  • Removal of posts is entirely at the discretion of moderators

  • Posts that are complaints may render you temporarily banned, PM the mods for discussion.

  • Celebrate haiku, not an anguished existence. You have our sister sub r/MyDarkHaiku for your misery


Recommended reading:

  • Richard Wright - Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon

  • Jack Kerouac - Book of Haikus

/r/haiku

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It is just me here/the wind in the sky/no difference now

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2024/12/02
14:32 UTC

2

Hope is like kindling/Birthed by a summers dream cold/is the march of time

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2024/12/02
06:49 UTC

1

Death is like a void/filling the shape of my soul/there is no love left

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2024/12/02
06:27 UTC

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It's starting to rain/ a lone raindrop slips inside/and christens the floor

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2024/12/02
06:15 UTC

2

In my lonliness/A shower of empty thought/I become tranquil

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2024/12/01
23:18 UTC

2

you took me by storm / now I'm dancing in the rain / face up to the sky

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2024/12/01
22:50 UTC

6

Bright scales and large wings/ Bright blue and fiery tongue/ Death comes from above.

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2024/12/01
19:10 UTC

2

Time ticks so slowly/ Watch the people having fun/ They spend what I'm paid

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2024/12/01
18:55 UTC

4

Standing on the ledge/ the ground is so far away/ Falling is flying

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2024/12/01
18:52 UTC

12

Foggy nights in cold/The trees crowned with thorns of frost/Morning sunlight gleams

0 Comments
2024/12/01
18:24 UTC

2

Selfish on the train / Leaving our bags next to us / Hoping for their fear

0 Comments
2024/12/01
14:47 UTC

2

How to be happy? / Cynicism is naive / Courageousness wise

0 Comments
2024/12/01
14:44 UTC

3

Waves pounding the cliffs/Symphony for the senses/Sun waving goodnight

I’ve since edited it to:

Waves pound jagged cliffs Symphony for the senses Sun waving goodnight

0 Comments
2024/12/01
13:41 UTC

3

The cold night breeze blows/In the desert of winter/Lights gleam beneath stars

The cold night breeze blows/In the desert of winter/Lights gleam beneath stars

1 Comment
2024/12/01
01:22 UTC

2

Finding out and in/once lost, guess now I'm found/glad you came around

0 Comments
2024/11/30
21:38 UTC

6

my brain stabs me with / an old memory of you / regret, can’t undo

0 Comments
2024/11/30
18:58 UTC

8

A glass on edge, tip/ Tipping in silence- and then/ Bursting beads of glass

0 Comments
2024/11/30
11:16 UTC

1

White Chrysanthemums / Soft and sweet, to be cherished / Never to be picked

0 Comments
2024/11/29
22:32 UTC

7

Sitting in Boston/ Watching pigeons fight over/ a peperoni

1 Comment
2024/11/29
17:48 UTC

3

Crispy, red leaves/ Munching on soft blue/ Autumnal feast

My sister is in Japan, and one of the pictures she sent me from underneath a maple tree, with a soft blue sky in the background, inspired me to write this

0 Comments
2024/11/29
15:54 UTC

3

Halt time's steady march/ Tearing at its fragile seams/ For you, I'll sever

I'm trying to write a haiku as an introduction to a book I'm working on but I'm not sure if this conveys what I'm trying to get across. The book is about two close friends who have the power to go back in time. The idea of this haiku I was going for is that the speaker is willing to sacrifice time and reality itself for someone special to them.

Any thoughts, recommendations, ideas, or comments are welcome!

0 Comments
2024/11/29
06:52 UTC

7

Under the old hedge/An old toy, lost long ago/lies in fallen leaves

2 Comments
2024/11/29
03:16 UTC

9

Creeping upon me/as stealthy as a tiger/love has consumed me

Didn’t like to repeat “me” at the end twice but couldn’t think of anything else to replace it. Any feedback would be appreciated :)

0 Comments
2024/11/28
18:36 UTC

5

Reconnected bonds / Long severed by whims of fate / A healed reunion

0 Comments
2024/11/28
12:59 UTC

1

Perception built up/ on the walls where comes again/ disruption between

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2024/11/28
09:52 UTC

4

Lovely Ladybug / Spotted, Sitting on My Hands / Stretched Wings in the Sun

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2024/11/27
15:20 UTC

16

at the break of dawn / a sparrow taps my window / an unwelcome guest

2 Comments
2024/11/27
15:13 UTC

5

A withering bloom / Flowering in the twilight / Lament in the dark

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2024/11/27
12:19 UTC

9

I just want to sleep/but guilt and regret for me/are hard to release.

Idk if this is a genuine haiku, but ever since I played "Ghost of Tsushima" my brain randomly notices when my thoughts are 5-7-5.

0 Comments
2024/11/27
07:58 UTC

10

The beauty of pearls / Laying on the ground in filth / A pig couldn’t care

The beauty of pearls / Laying on the ground in filth / A pig couldn’t care

1 Comment
2024/11/26
21:24 UTC

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