Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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the full moon
down a furtive place
to the well water.
being late
on the crunch of our gravel
a visitor calling
school auction
buying the desk
with my initials
In and out
of the foster child
the family's name.
new curtains
out to their necks
in spring breezes
Treeless dirt road
the rosella keep bathing
in their pot-holes of rain.
It happened last night
grape vine just old enough
pregnant with buds.
The flame trees drip
and hour by hour
the street fog glows with headlights.
lightning thumps and strikes
I don't know what plans
makes This tree explode
beyond all reason
the magpie hearing
a worm turn
Ocean sunset
stepping from wave to wave
a summer breeze.
After the screech
of a circling eagle
the wind-swished corn leaves.
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