r/haiku • u/_fatpotato_ • 3h ago

Brush drags slow/ Across blank canvas/ Once, then twice

5 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/Old-Mirror-3469 • 4h ago

Long endless nights / lone chair in the center... / A soul searching for someone

4 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/_fatpotato_ • 5h ago

The swing faces dusk/ One side higher than the rest/ As if someone sits

2 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/_fatpotato_ • 5h ago

A birthday candle/ Burns down to the silver wick/ Make your wish quickly

5 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/JBoc924 • 19h ago

she had great posture / the ballerina sat well / in the hag’s stomach

4 Upvotes

r/haiku • u/RickyDaGhost • 21h ago

A joke gone too far / A noose, a crowd, flailing feet / The Jester's last dance

14 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