Wedding Day Haiku

Haiku chain in seven stanzas

Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash

Rosy fingered dawn
Again so she tells herself
It won’t be long now


Phone alarm music
She cannot believe it’s here
It’s her wedding day


Flowers and streamers
Quiver in excitement as
She walks gracefully 


All witness their vows
As they exchange love tokens 
Two houses now one


Glasses clink and cheers
Toasts to the smiling lovers
Wishes love endures 


Summer stars twinkle 
Celebrants cheer as they sway 
Their first dance wedded


Kisses on their cheeks
Embrace family and friends
Every heart joyful

Author’s Note

1. This was fun!

2. Traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with 17 syllables.

3. I did not try very hard to stick with all the rules of haiku, but I did maintain the classic 5-7-5 form (first line, 5 syllables; second line, 7 syllables; third line, 5 syllables).

4. I linked seven haiku related to one event to form a haiku chain.

5. I focused on letting the wedding vignettes unfold gradually through the haiku chain.

6. Jason McBride of

   Weirdo Poetry
   has a brilliant explanation about haiku and breaking its rules in Breaking Haiku.

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