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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Interstate bus
near term she rubs her face
on the window mist.
a class of bonsai
I won’t know
what the silence brings
star peppered
the distance
a frog scatters the pond
high moon
the mouse un-shadowed
where the ripe fig fell
Homeless
driftwood arranged
by tides.
what fun to show!
the apple blossoms dance
in their first breeze
Wife moving close…
near the end of the wedding
their nervous vows.
grey dawn
a drizzle of rain
the bird sings through
Midday ambush
a magpie and I
near to her nest.
Damn binoculars
the race horse losing
in both lenses.
high moon
the river gives tongue
to the mouth of the sea
afternoon heat
the crow tastes vodka
in the drink can
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