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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peach orchard
a breeze enters
and begins to scent there
near term
those moments of joy
turning
Mushrooms rise
from the dewy earth
its other hushed births.
Her red silk kimono
sneaking under
the child’s embrace.
Midday heat
she brings us pomegranates
peeled and chilled.
Bobbing here or there
along the shore
the whiskey bottle.
daughter
the front fence
in birthday balloons
Her one-eyed doll
avoiding its stare
the neighbour’s cat.
In the wardrobe mirror
discovering
her hangers are empty.
deep autumn
still the Flame trees
to fall as snow
kitchen light on
a magpie
praising the dawn
another bud
on the climbing rose
back fence this evening
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