Featuring haiku written for the #HaikuSeed kimono
peony blossoms
her youth flowering
in a silk kimono
departing geese
the flutter of her kimono
in the breeze
– Marilyn Ward, @deer_ward
– Arvinder Kaur / @arvinder8
Tag: kimono
Kimono / #HaikuSeed / Editor’s Garden
Today’s #HaikuSeed is kimono
Kimono is one of my favorite Japanese words to use in haiku. Cherry blossom is another one at the top of the list, obviously. Well, they are two of my favorites whether I’m writing haiku or not. I guess I romanticize Japan and many things from the country. I think it is so because I’ve read many haiku from the Japanese masters like Basho which mesmerized me with their beauty, simplicity, mellowness, sensory and visual descriptions; and somewhere in my head, all of it tied to Japan which must be an inherent source and ingredient in all these verses that have inspired and moved me when I first learnt about haiku all those years ago.
in the garden, a nettle shoot
tugs at her pink kimono
asking her to stay