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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Rustled garden
clouds corral
the sunspots.
in fog
the Mosque’s last call to prayer
along our street
waiting room
a book of haiku
beside poems that rhyme.
twilight
Laurel
zips the blind
Her birthday puppy
counting its black spots
in licks and giggles.
Sunset fades
a breeze rolls out
of the sand dunes.
waiting for her
our champagne bucket
sweats with the ice
Banging winds—
my sleep
on the garden’s gate.
garden sundial
a crow out-shades
the creeping tree
soft lit dinner
desires rubbing
his wine glass
Just the sound of tea
brewing in the room …
her red silk kimono.
river thaw
a rainbow arcs in
the fall of water
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