/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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Snow in the garden / Almost the same as last year / Except no paw prints
20:27 UTC
watching the leaves fall / catch me whistling in the wind / worries whisked away
13:08 UTC
Remembering when/I read the Sunday comics/still miss that newsprint
06:21 UTC
It is just me here/the wind in the sky/no difference now
14:32 UTC
Hope is like kindling/Birthed by a summers dream cold/is the march of time
06:49 UTC
Death is like a void/filling the shape of my soul/there is no love left
06:27 UTC
It's starting to rain/ a lone raindrop slips inside/and christens the floor
06:15 UTC
In my lonliness/A shower of empty thought/I become tranquil
23:18 UTC
you took me by storm / now I'm dancing in the rain / face up to the sky
22:50 UTC
Bright scales and large wings/ Bright blue and fiery tongue/ Death comes from above.
19:10 UTC
Time ticks so slowly/ Watch the people having fun/ They spend what I'm paid
18:55 UTC
Standing on the ledge/ the ground is so far away/ Falling is flying
18:52 UTC
Foggy nights in cold/The trees crowned with thorns of frost/Morning sunlight gleams
18:24 UTC
Selfish on the train / Leaving our bags next to us / Hoping for their fear
14:47 UTC
How to be happy? / Cynicism is naive / Courageousness wise
14:44 UTC
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
13:41 UTC
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
01:22 UTC
Finding out and in/once lost, guess now I'm found/glad you came around
21:38 UTC
my brain stabs me with / an old memory of you / regret, can’t undo
18:58 UTC
A glass on edge, tip/ Tipping in silence- and then/ Bursting beads of glass
11:16 UTC
White Chrysanthemums / Soft and sweet, to be cherished / Never to be picked
22:32 UTC
Sitting in Boston/ Watching pigeons fight over/ a peperoni
17:48 UTC
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
15:54 UTC
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!
06:52 UTC
Under the old hedge/An old toy, lost long ago/lies in fallen leaves
03:16 UTC
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 :)
18:36 UTC
Reconnected bonds / Long severed by whims of fate / A healed reunion
12:59 UTC
Perception built up/ on the walls where comes again/ disruption between
09:52 UTC
Lovely Ladybug / Spotted, Sitting on My Hands / Stretched Wings in the Sun
15:20 UTC
at the break of dawn / a sparrow taps my window / an unwelcome guest
15:13 UTC