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–
a lily out
out of the pond
dawn opens
my split dreams
with bird songs
Frangipani night
a butterfly finds the scent
to my candle
in no songs
can the magpie tell
joys desert
spacing them
should fit the shelf
Father’s urn– his model boat
Sunday’s alter
the candle for our sins
keeps blowing out.
Family beach
the weightlifter un-dresses
his tattoos.
grey dawn
a drizzle of rain
the bird sings through
beside the pond
a lily
out of life-force
dry lightning
the horses
bolt from fear
grey autumn showers
the sound of the leaves
softer now
clenched hands
the Oak leaves too
in autumn winds
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