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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the buoys toll
a wave lifts a hand
to raise our yacht
Closed by the fog
the sharp rock mouth
into the sea.
There ! deeper out
in the washing machine
a driftwood or a surfer.
Tropic isle
the polish dawn
leaves on the sea.
Tropic isle
the crescent moon
cocoons the light.
Fisherman's boat
the dog alone at Christmas
without a meal.
Scorning
the waves of tourists
the whale's suckling calf.
Southern lights
all decks
of the cruise ship
On its reflection
a cruise ship through
the full moon.
Night cruise
the swishes at the railing
of her party dress.
Coming aboard
the Black sea cruise
my birth-sign stars.
Leaving it there
the name plaque
in the ship's bones.
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