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 furiously
the tiger moth entangles
the circle of silk.
Sleeping tot
her dreams at play
in the mirror.
Fallen oak--
lets the struggles begin
for her seedlings.
in the window mirror
she passes to work--
her bump rounder
Sunset fades
the seagulls surrounded
by the others' sleep.
Sunset darkens
nearly at the snake's young
the school boy's stick.
Card night
a newcomer in the mirror
reading all our plays.
Lightning bolts ...
along the freeway
so many tiny cars.
Midnight snack
in the light , in the quiet
of a lonely day.
painting it morning
snow falls behind
the curtain lace.
Winter's last
gentled by the bleat
of spring lambs.
Winter frost
limp with the river
little bags of kittens.
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