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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abattoir
the twilight of stars
in silence.
Sunrise sea
the waves pour in
from the light.
Seen in Father’s eyes
so soon ! she leaves
her wedding.
Tropic isle
pieces of mirror
the sinking sun.
open tent
white trapped moth…
I watch the spider begin
Thin mountain airs
letting the wedge-tail eagle
fall onto the dove.
Aegean sunset
the cruise ship deeper
into the light.
House open
the realtor’s soft sell
in the bedroom’s silence.
tis ever so!
the cat must play and play
with its injured bird.
high moon
the city drains
un-corking their odours
Country road
between skeletons of Pines
the winter puddles.
In the scheme of things
great shading trees know their worth
to breathe out man’s breath.
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