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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headstone
we shoo the crows back
to winter winds
mountain mists
the magpies fly out
of their own songs
playground
the other swing
free to the wind
Gold chalice
frosted
the port-wine breath of the priest.
Mediterranean
an octopus
sucks the wreak
violin concerto
the distance
between each note
goldfish
peeing damn pee
in the bowl
before opening,
my pen pal’s pink mail
in her daughter’s words
Windjammer
with mutiny below
the rise of cries and scuffles.
Bird-bath splashes
I compose me a haiku
about the garden.
Immersing fog
the caws of magpies
around me again.
green pastures
udders filling
cud by cud
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