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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these few local nests
we showed the children
pummelled with hail
Attic sun
the quietness of a doll
losing its face.
log cabin
the whiteness dripping
away with the thaw
no beach signs
moon swimming
in the nude
The funeral wreath
mixing with the others
before we grieve.
Isolated beach
jogged all alone
empties my mind.
these dark woods
my torch light no longer
on father’s back.
ceased rowing
the beauties of an autumn’s
falling place
The river forks …
pondering a while
in our picnic canoe.
After the movie
a park bench bearing fruit
a small red apple.
a work colleague
her friendly touch
held mid-air
Drawing the curtains
to stand in it
my vacation’s first dawn.
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