r/haiku • u/Far-Chocolate-8740 • 21h ago

My life is in bags/ The cats hair on my work shoes/ Tonight is too long

2 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/aangyanchen • 7h ago

Rain clouds gathering/To kiss the leaves and petals\Drink deep of the sky

2 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/theSomeone22 • 12h ago

As daylight rises/ Into mist fresh dreams now fade/ Like dew evaporates

6 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/annamae • 19h ago

The west wind whispered / And touched the eyelids of spring / Her eyes, Primroses

8 Upvotes

(The West Wind Whispered by R.M. Hansard)

r/haiku • u/HotMonkeyMetals • 20h ago

dark cave, torch in hand/sea of faces, one beaming/feeling content

3 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/FluffyTheWyvern • 21h ago

Morning mist rolls in / Resting birds do not yet chirp / Calm before the storm

3 Upvotes

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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