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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sunset stretching ants
the wind burns so deep
road tar pulls at shoes
cave drips
the echoes
up-side down with bats
Another wave
again the lighted buoy’s
bell rings out.
White water rapids
tear at our clothes in fury
yet their taste is sweet.
Pacific cruise
a meteor connecting
the Milky Way dots.
shadowed river
a white canoe
bends the light
mosquito pool
a crescent of moon
slowly turning green
raspberry
my tongue more in memory
than this sweet delight.
dodging them
should avoid the sunbeams
in Dad’s old shed
living elderly–
the remains of a candle
yesterday’s light
beach walk
the smells of the ocean
it brings to shore
Tropic isle
in the sinking sun
it’s gulls I hear.
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