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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state funeral
before the rain
clouds of canon
Beach stroll
prints behind
of the full moon.
Windjammer
brushing the stars
to the moon.
I row … they paddle …
our countries shared
with migrating geese
Rain whispers
the tin coloured lake
surrounds our canoe.
Vase of flowers
creeping to the sun
on the table cloth.
drying winds
in a rib-cage
left by the herd
Summer afternoon
still pencilled on the stone
yesterday’s haiku.
new to my weekends
pruning the roses
she left
sunrise
composing colours
a ewe squeezes her lamb out
cave mouth–
an eagle cries in
the lift from mountains
Antiques shop
awakening
grandmother’s lilac scent.
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