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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web
a moth starts
its future as a spider
strong winds
seagull cries
there! not here!
Letter box
the post man straightens
the old girl’s fence.
Bathroom mirror
Laurel and her fog
the same scent.
start of day
still colours
to turn clear
Sunset isle
palms wave
the gull’s goodbye.
at start of day
over river smooth stones
a canoe… freed
Pet shop
for a while an old girl
with her Christmas list.
pool lights
our skinny dipping
to the brightest middle.
riverbed
listening–
where the drought runs
Icicles drip
but the verandah
is bathed in a cold moon.
indian summer
timed out
on the sundial
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