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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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A crescent moon
the solitary stares
between the cattle.
The crow pecked at
insect screen
on a warm spring day.
first spring warmth
our arrival
at the dank house-boat
a salmon
opens the hole
the dragonfly fights
In the mirror
the time in the hour-glass
before it was turned.
Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
camping
our Milky Way
on the edge… seeing within
Windjammer limp
only an albatross
circles and circles.
Hunting for green fly
the salmon slide silently
shaped by the water.
Fog lifts
finding on the bus stop seat
fresh graffiti.
Windjammer in the sun
sailing only
on the mantelpiece.
Tropic isle
a sunset fiery
bleeding sea.
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