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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mountain sunset
gentle
a scent of childhood
Cold winds
jerking at the weight
on my dragon kite.
Wet weekend
a snail slides itself
to the front door bell.
Candles and wine
the white glove moon
on her ring-less hand.
Turning
to its night vision
the barn owl.
Limp sails
taking a day to find us
the afternoon swell.
the soft twinkles
of moonshine
our watered lawn
Sunrise
close to heaven
gypsy geese returning home.
Circling me
in the sunshine kitchen
a painted-lady moth.
All afternoon
the wind following
the scarecrow's shadow.
Homing pigeons
finding holes
out of the storm.
Dusk comes ...
straps-off-her-shoulders heat
in the rattling fan.
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