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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living elderly--
autumn flutters
to my shoulder, to my book
living elderly--
curling up as butteflies
autumn leaves of gold
living elderly--
the front gate bending flowers
the old dog home
living elderly--
the crescent scooping the sea
at moonrise
living elderly--
autumn falls
in the hearing of leaves
living elderly--
this cottage is enough
in the moonshine
living elderly--
footprints on a lone beach
walked to the sea
living elderly--
neighbours commute
to the same bus times
living elderly--
which of those stars
seems more alone
living elderly--
the bird-seed flutters
I stand alone in
living elderly--
how the storms
stretch a rainbow
living elderly--
fluttering the beauty it brought
the second butterfly
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