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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web
a moth starts
its future as a spider

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strong winds
seagull cries
there! not here!

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Letter box
the post man straightens
the old girl’s fence.

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Bathroom mirror
Laurel and her fog
the same scent.

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start of day
still colours
to turn clear

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Sunset isle
palms wave
the gull’s goodbye.

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at start of day
over river smooth stones
a canoe… freed

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Pet shop
for a while an old girl
with her Christmas list.

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pool lights
our skinny dipping
to the brightest middle.

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riverbed
listening–
where the drought runs

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Icicles drip
but the verandah
is bathed in a cold moon.

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indian summer
timed out
on the sundial

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