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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Sun blind
the mouse moves in and out
of the eagle’s eye.
living elderly–
soul shapes
in the sky of gulls
Neighbours not home …
all midnight hears of it
their black dog’s howl.
her gate opens
the distance
to grandma’s strawberries
Latin music
drawn to the rhythm
on Laurel’s hips.
garden Buddha
the snow painting morning
behind the curtain’s lace
childless
no end of her hoarding
to fill her home
alone with winter…
a brew of coffee
letting me sit it out
Sundial
the white summer cloud
measuring an hour across.
Carbuncle in the soil
the coming… the going…
of the bull-ant mound.
peaches on her tree
anticipated
grandma’s pie
Exploring the venus trap
others have gone to
a green sting fly.
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