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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season’s turn
the gold everywhere
ankle deep.
road kill-
in feasts of blackness
the ravens- caw
My need to rest
ignores the rot
of the fallen Pine.
Garden sundial
between us
our talk of divorce.
a merry ant-trail
over the sundial–
spring afternoon
Passing storm
at the dark edge
of the rainbow.
Pantomime – –
our daughter charmed
by stardust.
horizon Sun
tacking starboard
to the darker shore
living elderly–
in the naked tree
two webs stringing dew
start of day
still colours
to turn clear
Dawn rises
the wings of the sea eagle
re-shaping their light.
Sparkling lake
the race of sailboards
hints at summer.
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