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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whirring
with the autumn winds
the sounds of Gum leaves
summer roasts on–
longing
a minute of rain
Italian sunshine
the distance
in Pompeii’s streets
last orange rays
letting the cratered moon
through my back door.
mountain light
the distance
around its aura
circles of the web
unwinding another thread
from the rear of herself.
winter wood shed
a mother cat’s
mountain-lion hiss
White with moon
the lowing cattle
wet with rain.
Both tyres flat
a child’s bike beginning rust
against the sundial.
Almost dodging
a shadow’s leap
from the foot bridge.
From the sundial
a sprinkle of Wattle seeds
blown to earth.
Mediterranean
ship and moon
passing the same spot.
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