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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Paint easel
a leafless tree
frames the moon.
Whale watch
one wave rising
out of the blue.
Wedge-tail eagle
following the last hour
of sunset.
A scatter of clouds,
silver-edged
fruit bats across the moon.
Hot apple pie
our dessert spoons
digging deep.
guessing the size
of a shooting star...
our dog slips his leash
mountain thaws
rollicking home
to the sea, to the sea.
In moonlight
the measure by a pebble
down the stone well.
picnic with Laurel
our hands stop reaching
for the same small cake
jogging home
in the fresh snow
my mind on the silence
Orchard kiosk
paying for our box of peaches
in their honour tin.
Evenings wings
two upside down clouds
across the lake.
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