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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a morning chorus
across the street
the park’s early birds
Bedroom mirror
the fan’s rattle
re-winding the heat.
Emerging sun
letting the sail board race
paint the lake.
biting mad road rage
suddenly erupts
from both cars in front
Full moon …
only fruit bat squeaks
from the cave’s mouth.
Stone mason
in his thousand chips
the beginning of names.
ebbing marsh
I know so well
the pelican’s spiral
Rear-view mirror
headlights…
the sense of it before the crash.
Blinding heat
bright lizard eyes
from the just-raked leaves.
Just ignoring
the cat food bowl
until their visitors leave.
first snow
crows shaking off
their mottled coats.
Winter
melting the brown carpet
with leaf mould.
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