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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living alone…
‘A spring thaw’
I whisper to the dog
forest clearing
I come to a hand saw
dull with rust.
the distance
my Zodiac shines
out of trillions
living elderly–
through the bedroom door
on rusted hinges
River’s edge
his dog retrieves
the school boy’s ruler.
icicles thaw
the patio joined
in puddles
Wedge-tail eagle
so long shadowed
the mountain moves.
mountain sunset
gentle
a scent of childhood
In Gum trees
the shape of a girl smoking
… the fog shifts.
Cafe’ mirror
the blonde sipping quietly
under her red sun hat.
afternoon winds
the mother’s kittens
ambushing leaves
bridge traffic
moving beyond me
the honk of the geese.
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