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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Her wreath placed …
contriving me a speech
to be remembered.
Half through
concerto
the Steinway in lights.
The queue jostles
as I form it
school sports bus.
Weight lifter
his tattoos strained
by the bar-bell.
living elderly–
I consider butterflies
created by love
Such is pity
the spider cannot release it
the Emperor moth.
rain forest
greening the face
a child sees through
Tropic isle
a crow’s-nest falling
from the horizon.
flat tyre
changed too close
to speeding cars
honey trickled toasts
her taxi’s good-bye
charges the kitchen
old motel sign–
no end to its flickers
on the single beds
River rafting
in and out of the white foam
to the other side.
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