/r/haiku
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
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drinking in sunshine / the bottomless mimosas / in the spring breeze 🥂
01:04 UTC
Worker kills himself / and you have to make your own / Meatball Marina
22:34 UTC
Butterflies are here/ Where have they been hiding out/ I think I’m healing
22:16 UTC
Lemon linguine / Swimming with delicious shrimp / A true masterpiece
22:12 UTC
Blooming too early / For the burdens hereafter / No reason to will
14:24 UTC
Aroma wafting / Inhale the herb's calming scent / Exhale, let go, chill —"420"
12:54 UTC
A splash of water / Brings comfort to my parched mouth / A very hot day.
11:12 UTC
A work of fiction/ My favorite character/ You felt real to me
09:06 UTC
My cellist lament / Every few years the mood strikes / I should play again
04:21 UTC
Some days are bad ones / but tomorrow you’ll wake up / and you try again
04:00 UTC
Soft breeze rustle leaves 🍃 / Petals dance delicately 🌸/ Journey with the wind 🍃
02:59 UTC
You’re not mine to mind / All the time was yours to take / Won’t you give me mine
02:38 UTC
Why not leave me be / I only wanted one day / a moment of peace
02:09 UTC
Daydream-like spring peaks / Through mother nature’s curtains / In streams of ivy
02:03 UTC
From the sunny yard / chimes expressing the wind’s mood / what a lovely day
00:46 UTC
tide pools now renewed / teeming with abandoned life / stranded for twelve hours
23:20 UTC
sun showers in spring / rainbow over the garden / wearing muddy boots
23:16 UTC
Mind wound in your hair / Spirit flowing in your breath / I'll be always near
20:08 UTC
songkran moon appears / early morning clouds mizzle / temple buddhas tears
17:48 UTC
Park bench, afternoon / Dwelling on what could have been / A fate worse than death?
17:40 UTC
A breeze warms my face/My watch says eight and its light/I love the summer
16:26 UTC
grieving since the loss / remember... then move forward / tears in the steamed rice
15:36 UTC
Engine sings and roars / Cruising on the open road / Freedom: two-wheeled song
14:34 UTC
big blanket body / pillow parallel my chest / like you never left
14:05 UTC
I watched the raindrops / As they kissed and touched the leaves / A poignant morning
10:23 UTC
I can see her now / an outline, the golden soul / she is dancing there
10:08 UTC
Field of golden light / At the edge of tomorrow / Wind swirling higher
06:54 UTC
a shapeshifting flock /swooping and swirling in flight / patterns in the sky
05:11 UTC
Eyes sting with fatigue / Caffeine gives me a new strength / The night pays for it
03:17 UTC
Leaves and butterflies / Thoughts of falling alongside / A sense of waking
01:33 UTC