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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bat squeaks
the cave shaped
to their sounds
Bell birds
piano practice leaves
the little girl’s hands.
Midnight mass
the streetlights haloed
by fog.
stepping on river stones
a flash
of rainbow trout
warmed through
the cabin window
a snowflake- melting
Old horse barn
smelling a sunbeam
around the stalls.
Rainbows
bending
the waterfall spray.
Crawling along
in fog
the lobster boat’s lamp.
the week-end drizzle
composing us mushrooms
between the trees.
Candles and wine
the white glove moon
on her ring-less hand.
Garden Buddha
the cat snarls explode
in the loose gravel.
Frost in the hills
the cattle dogs mouthing-off
with their cloudy breaths.
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