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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the knowledge dried
in tulip bulbs
the shed’s see-through rust
a transient moon
the well waters lay darkly
in stillness.
trellis grapevine
its green… somehow hope
in her sick room
Her birthday puppy
counting its black spots
in licks and giggles.
Mirrors
on the morning dew
the peach tree it fell from.
our liaison
parking my car beside yours
in the moonlight.
open tent
squeezed from a husk
the moth dilates her wings
Outgoing tide
the dragonfly’s re-visit
to every rock pool.
School holidays
spitting on her daughter
to wipe the rouge away.
How furiously
the tiger moth entangles
the circle of silk.
Friday seance
our blanket covering
the mirror’s crack.
The Doberman’s walk
dragging our neighbour
… her quick wave.
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