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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last sunlight
the weeds along the paths
I left to wither
The flame trees drip
and hour by hour
the street fog glows with headlights.
Dining table
daggers of light
the silver moon.
shadows inching...
in the bone winter trees
a crow caws,caws,caws
mum next serves
plates full of
apple pie on cream
Before us
in the bright stream
flint stone tools from the past.
garden shed
from my drawer of bulbs
which tulips will answer earth
the moon bent river
finding the heart
to a haiku
Curve of a rainbow
the lisp of the child
counting the colours.
Midnight breeze
rustling other leaves
an owl arrives.
on a swaying branch
the crow's arrival
meets my eyes with hers
Orchard kiosk
paying for our box of peaches
in their honour tin.
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