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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seagulls
light as the air
I breathe too
Park bench
under a cicada
One of us listens, just one of us.
Sleep
replacing moments
by the fire-side’s crackle.
noses in the dawn
bellbird songs
leading the choir
found
with Laurel in the shower
a soapy back sponge
sitting up straight
the tuck-in sounds
at grandma’s lunch
Busy corner
the mix of our shadows
in the rising sun.
Isolated beach
the rusting ship
only sand storms come to.
Sudden noise in the wind
the middle of a dream
I’ll never see finished.
Interstate bus – –
the city lights pour
into puddles.
Paint easel
a leafless tree
frames the moon.
he brings some past
to the gramophone
Dad’s vinyls
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