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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Whales around us …
along repeated highways
migrating south.

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hearing less
her maze of opinions
about the house

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Midday sun
slowly ending
Sunday’s lay-in.

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Red dragon wings
the boy’s birthday kite
in the park’s breeze.

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Kindergarten
she makes any crayon
her coloured sky.

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Wind in my hair
sunset clings
to the sea-eagle’s back.

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pencil eraser
rubbing me
out of a haiku

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living elderly–
once in a blue moon
the moon on well-water

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First light
a murder of crows
over the dead lamb.

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airing father’s suit
our shadows
return the touch

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summer forest
leaving the chain saw to it
the butterflies.

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Loop-tailed kitten
composes it a friend
prancing in the mirror.

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