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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After Sunday lunch
the weight
of summer heat.
Zen garden
wrapped in autumn
her gold silk kimono.
rose petals
still rain grown
to fall again
jogging home
in the fresh snow
my mind on the silence
Her pink nursery …
opening in the garden
tender new buds.
River falls …
all of its drizzle curved
rainbows.
parrot shrieks
the distance
their calls carry
Blushed green
among the patio ferns
her white silk kimono.
Pelican family
stepping out of wings
to the shallow tide.
the wide white mountain
then in whose dream
a snow leopard.
autumn falls…
and how the sun wanders
around our kitchen
After us
about ten cows sashaying
from the buttercup field.
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