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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Midnight rain
the holes crows make
moving in the trees.
On the sunlit lake
that migrating geese
call home.
all night poker …
for his drive home
street lights in drizzle
Coloured spinnaker
the scented winds
of islands.
dentist rooms
watching sunlight
fill the chairs.
resisted…
reading a pen-pal
at the letter box
adding
to the sounds of the sea
the gull dives
Startling a jump
out of the cricket
the Temple gongs.
Camp fire
brewing our coffees
of mountain snow.
my boots in snow
a mountainous
wolf’s howl
Custody week
she counts the panties
into her case.
Crescent moon
an enchantment around you
of fireflies.
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