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 sculptor's nude
his model helping him
polish her.
Sudden frost
so rigid to touch
a frill-necked lizard.
autumn burning
the smoke of backyards
streets away
Such is pity
the spider cannot release it
the Emperor moth.
Without the others
what pleasure is in one
blue curling foaming wave.
Faster with its music
on crowded nights
the old merry-go-round.
Dances
drawn on the breeze
fireflies.
An owl hoots
hedging around shadows
the old tom cat.
On a first date
sliding into the car
his heart throb.
sun across our path
Laurel sits brightly
in front of the canoe
auctioning
Father's
shabby
house
Floods recede
cattle and calves
swelling the hills.
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