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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waterwheel
the creaks of the garden
rust over rust
So gentle
the faint sea echoes
of the conch-shell’s ear.
plastered leg
these magpie calls
healing the long winter
squinting at the pond
the dragonfly’s wings
cellophane with light
sepia photos
imagine me a young man
destroyed in his war.
the coffee pot boils–
I cannot join
my Zodiac stars
my performance poems
a three page practice…
midnight ticks
an orange Sunset
the last magpie call
on top of the woods
another couple
slow to pass
our frangipanis
sunflowers in rain
the weeds I threw
onto the path
Twilight chill
the owl sees the mouse see
the owl see.
Garden storm
winter licking
the skeletons of trees.
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