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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In the mirror
the peep of the tots
from our bedroom door.
Mirrored lake
silent salmon sip
the floating moon.
A noise downstairs...
it stirs from my torch
in the mirror.
Lake mirror
a pelican crosses
the path to the sun.
In the mirror
mother surrounded
by my guest room.
Lake picnic
no one seeing
the canoe drift away.
Pond mirror
a frog with the measure
of an incoming fly.
In the mirror
the moon on my face--
solitary characters.
Mirrored
pirouettes of the old dancer
past the theatre windows.
Then, come afternoon
mirrors on the dam
sprinkled with geese.
Loop-tailed kitten
composes it a friend
prancing in the mirror.
Window mirror
sunflowers pollinating
into the wind.
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