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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the wet-sand mark
twilight on the beach
now empty
the old man among the tides
takes off as a pelican–
as light as air
Summer breezes in…
a moon falls through
the window.
wind whispers
in the stone well-water
glimmer of the moon.
River cruise
the freckles on Laurel’s throat
brushed by her green blouse.
Picking apple trees
an eagle glides above us
shaped by the wind.
my star sign
moving across the pond
I thought were fireflies.
crime novel…
the geese honks
across my windows
in sticks and stones
the same storm leaves
cover the street
Migrating geese
the marshlands and summer
rowdy once more.
Port customs
shadows of us shuffling
along the wharf.
The sheep mob nibbles…
a mother dumps her new toy
and inspects it.
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