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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soft lit dinner
desires rubbing
his wine glass
heads up…
wildflowers
in the first rain drops
Sprinkled ashes
out on the next wave
his wreath.
Mother’s gift
polishing her table top
to its Maple heart
Greying bachelor
in the private jokes
of the bar girls.
tis ever so!
the cat must play and play
with its injured bird.
living elderly–
the return of my breath
to the nearness of trees
sunrise windows
music on dust beams
floats from the room.
fireflies
their jazz in moonlight
around my face.
I know only
after the rain
some strawberry plants will fruit
wind
plucking roses
from the moon
sunrise
a dust beam
sweeps the church
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