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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Red dragon wings
the boy's birthday kite
in the park's breeze.
screeching ...
the way thermals
raise an eagle
I would compose
a butterfly riding
the nose of our dog
the colt's first stand
changing directions
dawn colours the earth
a rowing boat
caught in the reeds
a kookaburra-- laughs
under the window
my rose the storms have yearned for
fights with a strong heart
car-tyre swing
grandpa's the hand
that moves us
driving without haste
the shapes of a scarecrow
alone in the fog.
Tomato stakes
how bent the bamboo
with tennis-ball fruits.
We have the same thoughts
picking her passionfruit vine
... grandmother's jam.
Blazing sun
anticipated this
the cicadas' wall of sound.
honey bees
in the red flowering Gums
the air hums with scent
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