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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lawn sprinklers
drawing the magpies
to a rough-and-tumble
Window breeze
the curtain of moonshine
in…out…in.
magpies sing–
through the streaks of dawn
the first bus… comes
The Cathedral
woken
with a thunder clap.
In the cascade
a tiny waterfall
without its sound.
The full moon
gathering light
out on the sea another.
living elderly–
the fragrant moments
of winter rains
the sunset rushing
I cannot paint
what still remains
Rendezvous
in the night fog
your car parked by mine.
Cracked loose ice
rising
the waves of blue whales.
Shattered mirror
a perfumed letter caught
fluttering out.
Fire side
the corn popping
its little surprises.
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