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 crow pecked at
insect screen
on a warm spring day.
Sunset sinks
the windmill dry-retching
into the drought.
Lingering
under the waterfall
a brace of lovers.
sun across our path
Laurel sits brightly
in front of the canoe
hot north winds
in the bird-bath fountain
down spirals
to ebbs of the tide
the bay's pelicans
Fig trees
the night's thunder shaking
some fruit bats out.
Painter's brush
creating the waterfall
without a sound.
mum's singing
on the kitchen table
our homework stopped.
sun tipped trees
still the snow ground
to walk home
Thwack !!
the way thunder feels
in our old tin shed.
The way the frog's slither
is slimy
from the boy's hands.
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