Best Kimono Poems
Kimono PrincessKimono princess,
A vision of jade sunlight,
You are desire....
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Categories:
kimono, people,
Form:
Haiku
In His KimonoThere once lived a dude in Verona
Who spent hours upon hours on the phone-a
His ears they caught fire
Needs a special amplifier
While watching TV in his kimono
© Jack Ellison 2015...
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Categories:
kimono, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Blue KimonoBlue Kimono
In blue kimono
combing her hair while I watch
detangles my mind,
innocent calming effect
before disrobing to rest....
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Categories:
kimono, innocence, perspective, woman,
Form:
Tanka
Courtisane in floral silk kimono
she wears it graceful and demure
parades in sophistication and elegance
her stance dignified and refined
her kimono feminine and stylish
she’s from nobility and opulence
regal and yet modest
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
kimono, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Her Autumn Kimono was GoofedCoal tar zombie mouth leaks town gas syrup
Meat hook telegraphy indicator cameras hypnagogic
Liverwurst elegy beneath the frosting
Cinderblock reverie churns with mildew
Manus? Grilled cheese sandwich.
Cantonal enchantress, covered blossoms.
Necropolis euthanized, springtime salad.
Rhinestone rookery smothers loquat...
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Categories:
kimono, africa, anxiety, conflict, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Life Warranting TestimonyGreat performance on the piano
And it gave her a Murano.
Last year, it was her soprano
And it grabbed the wealth of Ono.
Now wears Japanese Kimono,
As if there's no tomorrow
In their still quite safe Comorro
But with kimono not Chinese,
Let alone by half Nipponese.
Soon shall she be...
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Categories:
kimono, celebration, integrity, money,
Form:
Rhyme