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 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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river camp
each coffee sip
a new sunset
open tent
the leaves the rain puddle
takes from the wind
camping
a fallen blue-Gum
bridges the river
camping
an afterimage of the crow--
where she watched me
camping
the mirage the sun bakes
from an empty sky
camping
even as the fire starts
open tent
a crow watches me
from the swaying branch
camping
birds will be birds
such chatter about dawn
camping
as I breathe them--
the breath of trees
camping
found in the fire
the scent of lemon Gums
open tent
my dog
inhales the stranger
open tent
such dense fog
holding the colour
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