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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high moon
the pull turtles feel
in their shells in the sand
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how alert the frog pond
to the firefly's light
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turning the corner
an infirmed friend
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the shape of streets
above the snow
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the bubbles of shampoo
in my children's hair
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the faces of sunflowers
turned in a breeze
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geese forsaking
their father lands
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soaking an apple tree
moving to the next
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a defect notice
behind the windscreen's ice
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a stream of light
bubbling with pebbles
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the wind on a rope swing
over the river
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sparkled with dew
my little pots of bonsai
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