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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Winter’s about
following me around
with white breaths.
before our canoe
the river rowed
by returning geese
River walk
thrashing to the middle
the dog finds his stick.
our picnic stroll
away from the others
with their school games
waterfall spray
all the mist drops
in her hair shines
Wedding photographer
gathers us in the wind
about the church yard.
morning snow
the layers
on her bike’s seat
coloured balloons
her birthday voices
for party friends
Diaries found
each hope so neatly written
in our grandmother’s hand.
Rose garden
the crushed-brick-path smells
of summer rain.
our dogs bring scents
of their morning run
seaweed beach
a man-made pond
the one small frog
taken in
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