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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Father’s borrowed car
down lover’s lane …
once in a blue moon.
when tides call
the distance
tiny turtles follow
alone with rain
waving down the platform
to the train
taller than Pines
a forest of kelp
too deep for moonlight
high moon
just tumble-weeds passing
the barbed-wire fence
Sundial garden
koi in the pond
turning to bubbles.
just gone noon–
our unpacked picnic
on the gingham cloth
what settles us down
sweet sixteen daughter
switching the porch light off
autumn burning
the smoke of backyards
streets away
the full moon
down a furtive place
to the well water.
Family album
the child points
some forgotten ones out.
Children’s beach
our ‘Come back out loves’
lost in the wind.
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