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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Spring winds
finding odd tunes to play
over the barbed wire fences.
Eggs on toast, coffee…
a nearly forgotten dream
coming to mind.
strange dream…
still time
to dawn songs
I disappear…
the shadows move on
to the street lights
Dawn spreads …
a boat leaving the harbour
to gull cries.
His first school day
so alone
pruning her few bonsai.
Early breakfast
an already summer dawn
baking the kitchen.
cold back yard
our potted herbs
scent the rain
Week day harbour
the glinting of boats
only gulls come to.
Fog lifts
finding on the bus stop seat
fresh graffiti.
sleep-out
Mum brings to the lawn
a spread of blankets
Loneliness
The moon departs
with the lake’s shine.
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