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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In twilight
he taking
her breath in.
high moon
how alert the frog pond
to the firefly’s light
camping
what cicadas don’t know
in the last of their cries
absolutely wrong
the ooze of strawberries
between the hail
Ending my apology
the fountain pen blobs
her photo facing me.
Coloured balloons
tied to the front fence …
the birthday ones.
How furiously
the tiger moth entangles
the circle of silk.
long shadowed park
the kookaburras
laugh at sunrise
Twilight
lips taking the salt in
from the sea’s breeze.
corn field-
through a sea of rustle
on my horseback- wading
my performance poems
a three page practice…
midnight ticks
In the dresser mirror
my wedding ring passed over
by moonlight.
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