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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garage door
the stray’s litter
slinks from our head lights
wolf howls
the cabin shrinks
in extra smoke
Clouds mingle
soaking into the forest
the smell of leaves.
Eagle’s screech
an orange peel squeezed
into your face.
Laurel in the mirror
the many combs through
her rain soaked hair.
The fragrant candles
our dinner
small talked out.
camping
each speck of a Galaxy
replaced by another
magpies sing–
through the streaks of dawn
the first bus… comes
Cathedral bells
their sounds so urgent
the cicadas will wait.
Family beach
girls young enough to skip
to the ice-cream van.
Summer winds
yet the horse in the stream
turns to my sigh.
apples
suns pulling on
the earth’s sweet water
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