Best Haiku Poems
What Is Haiku?
Haiku poetry originated in Japan. It is poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. Haiku started out as a popular activity during the 9th to 12th centuries in Japan called “tanka.” It was a progressive poem, where one person would write the first three lines with a 5-7-5 structure, and the next person would add to it a section with a 7-7 structure.
1.
Silhouette of her face dazzles
I follow the shadow to another place
Yet beauty is still unknown
2.
Bonded by love and grief
Death do us part no one believes
Wedding rings dismantled
3.
The sun rises and sets
Darkness and light fights for faces
Life forms in places
4.
Golden lips of eternal kisses
Leaves ride on the path stream passes
Her beauty buries deep within
5.
Tips of our fingers touch
Aging memories waterfalls hypnotically
Memories in palm firmly clutched
6.
Stones skips across the lake
Now lies cold beneath the waters floor
Once a happy stone
7.
Morning dew tip toe away
The life of the sky awakens worlds
Earth now as an headache
8.
Water is life
The energy of God which flows
Water, baby, birth
9.
His army is ant-like
So small yet extremely effective
one is weak, many destructive
10.
Goodbye old friend
The light has called upon my soul
I go where butterflies go
11.
Fairies and sprites dancing
A child enjoys the party with laughter
Grown up blinded and bewildered.
12
Limits are created by mind
Imagination can take you to the heavens
Imagine something
13.
Borders and chemtrails
Babies lie in cots trying to breath
The fire burns through cracks
14.
An apple on the table
Not for the teacher, dinner maybe
Skinny rats weakly run by
15.
Bandages over heads
Limping uniforms helped by shoulders
Presidents enjoy fine wine
16.
Quickly pasting time
Frozen memories retrieved unseen
flashes of lights breaks thoughts
17.
Christmas snow falls
Snowmen wiggles back to life once more
The sun is no more
18.
Coffee spills into table cracks
The table awakens and does its laps
While eyes still shut.
19.
Great is thy faithfullness
In the morning new mercies we see
Humble hands reaches to me
20.
Love is a powerful storm
It damages but a renew will begin
Look back, start over.
© 2017 Clive Williams
Comments
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@Eric...love can cause heart ache and pain and damages your trust in others to love. But when old love has past, a new love shall begin. "It damages, but a renew will begin"
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Thanks all
I love Haiku. That is how I began to try my hand at writing poetry in 2016.
I enjoyed your Haiku. Beautiful imagery, Clive. Thankyou.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful verses. Never tried them, but always admire them.
I still don't get it; "It damages but a renew will begin" is to me; It/dam/ag/es/but/a/re/new/will/be/gin = 11
I guess I will stick to nursery rhymes.
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