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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a winter storms
the bobbing of daffodils
under the downpipes.
Flood recedes
a patch of sunlight
wrinkled in mud.
nine month’s sway
serving their breakfasts
in summer heat
Tropic isle
waves of sunsets
break on shore.
Spring warms
I untie the bamboo string
around the wind-chimes.
Guests gone
still above the pool
the dragonfly’s hum.
denting hail
still our cars
to be moved
still birth
the distance
a mother grieves
Kindergarten asleep
just the beginnings
of crayoned art.
The day kissed by spring
sail boats on the river
a lot slower.
garden sundial
a crow out-shades
the creeping tree
jazz music
my ageing hearing
its gentler arts
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