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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Bubbling the bridge's
shady river
brown polished stones.
Midnight
tomcat re-scenting
the scent of the dog.
out of silence
magpies sing to dawn
of their cracking eggs.
Frozen lizard's
crawl to the sun
thawing her , thawing her.
A crescent moon
the solitary stares
between the cattle.
Barbed wire fence
kangaroo skins
cleaned by crows.
Immersing fog
the caws of magpies
around me again.
Such blinding heat
just the shrill of cicadas
out of the dry north winds.
Train whistles
the snow quiet town
closed for the night.
In bare feet
the new carpet
changing every room.
The stone eyes
in his face
at friendly poker.
Foaming
around the bend
river boulders.
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