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 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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in these stones
I cannot find
the grains rain can
On a first date
sliding into the car
his heart throb.
late for school
skimming pebbles
on the lake near home
these dark woods
my torch light no longer
on father's back.
Edge of the cliff
no moonlight
to the touch of a web.
An owl hoots---
the stream's murmur
agog with stones.
Cicada in the tree
becoming more like us
the child listens.
Bus stop seat
a brown bite
in the red apple.
Ceased rowing
Laurel's hand swirls the leaves
around us.
Railway cross-road
the quiet grazing
of the stockman's cattle.
well water
imaging
the moon.
Poker night win
the clarinet solo
from a jazz band.
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