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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living elderly–
all our years spent
as mostly water
A salt wind brings rain
not far from us
the cry of gulls.
Summer garden
about a dozen glow worms
being the light.
The chill that showers
sprinkle over me…
sick friend’s garden.
high moon
the shape of streets
above the snow
Sunday afternoon
giggling
her dog’s quick shake of its bath.
Red silk kimono
she and shadows
stretching at dawn.
with a rope swing
the school boy
opens the river
dropping a pebble
down the well
a brown moth springs out
Earth birth
the dewy lawn thrusts
her mushrooms out.
Train station
a friend’s goodbye
lets off stream.
old man haiku
I speak them softly
in a single breath
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