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–
magpies on the fences
to and fro
Moon on the lake
a carpet snake
sips at its reflection.
Whiskey-raw midnight
only country songs
in the motel room.
passing town–
the sticks and stones
of first rains
First dew …
not far from home
picking field mushrooms.
Lake side
beyond the streetlights
another moon.
Lead-light windows
only the dawn
crowding our church.
Tiny silent stream
the salmon’s leap
from moon to moon.
autumn falls…
and how the sun wanders
around our kitchen
living elderly–
dust to dust
moved about the house
sunrise
composing colours
a ewe squeezes her lamb out
Rushed breakfast
the cat’s gentle tapping
on my shoe.
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