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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Unexpected…
loneliness
on this beach full of stars.
Moonlit walk …
in the strands of your hair
spider threads.
all night at sea
the magpie young
outlive the storm
Autumn falls
brushing others
the gold oak leaves.
Plumber’s soil
left on the lawn
pecked by sparrows.
The ship’s funnel
its shade comes aboard
the sun deck.
The cricket chirps–
trapped in the curtains
another breeze.
living elderly–
the sun on a blue lake
far out at sea
cutting herbs
I find I am back
to Mother’s meals
the magpie and I
ruffled by a wind
across the leaf pile
streaks of dawn
on a reed in frost the butterfly
knows no beauty
Tropic isle
waves of sunsets
break on shore.
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