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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how cute to see
sparrows on the bird bath
fight for territory
the party waits
a saxophone cradles
in the new year.
Doctor's rooms
a tank of goldfish
taking their turns.
dusk begins
drawing Aquarius
out for the night.
The old couple ...
flames from their raked leaves
fading now.
Another autumn leaf
becoming litter ...
the cawing of a crow.
brown winter slime...
fluttering a moment
an Oak leaf
Reaching the full moon
the nearly straight fence
of barbed wire.
picnic with Laurel
our hands stop reaching
for the same small cake
hot north winds
in the bird-bath fountain
Gold autumn leaves
a log in the river
hoarding its treasure.
Eyes from the water
a crocodile's gnashing
frenzied soul.
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