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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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high moon
the whimsy of the mists
under the orange trees
each new pupil
in the ink stains
of others
Twilight chill
the owl sees the mouse see
the owl see.
never the gardener
I tend the herb beds
she turned
Hot showered
the shampoo fog
dissolving her.
Migrating geese
middle of the wet lands
middle of the year.
Sundial garden
the loudest sound
the twigs I snap.
open tent
as shadows move
out of the shade
winter trees
their veins in the moonlight
connected
velvet sea
acres of moonlight
fill up the waves
icicles thaw
the patio joined
in puddles
Along the stormy beach
we often walk
waves retching their seaweed out.
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