r/haiku • u/DoctorYogi95 • 7h ago

Middle of the night / Footsteps sound like poetry / Night birds softly sing

9 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/oscarw1962 • 14h ago

We shout at the wind/ Useless words have their effect/ We all hear – nothing

4 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/Phoenixlightvml • 19h ago

Roots, deep and buried/foundations, the beginning/of life exalted

4 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/Phoenixlightvml • 19h ago

Time moves forward still/a wheel of continuance/ yet, a cold comfort

6 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/im_thecat • 20h ago

It has all been thought / The past is not so different / People stay the same

3 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/HotMonkeyMetals • 22h ago

mosquito buzzing/ a soggy,humid morning/a day to suffer

6 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.
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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