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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Breezing in
the summer unfurls
a flock of swallows.
Bedroom mirror
our dust too
glitters in the sun.
Rain near
a rainbow rings
the half moon.
new curtains
out to their necks
in spring breezes
Migrating south
between our boats , between our joys
more whales this year.
clawed with winter
grandmother knitting
her pain
Home lakes
geese cries forgetting
the ocean flight.
shrinking village
not a Saturday night
where the singles dance
Gathering storm
the sundial pitched
between black and light.
Her pink nursery …
opening in the garden
tender new buds.
fine music
the waiting room’s cream
leather lounge.
late night jazz
in saxophone notes
my whiskey on ice.
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