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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summer horizon
the tumble-weeds
barely moving.
slow hammock swings
a summer air
ruffles the cat
footprints in the rain
the winter beach resort
half filled
Zen garden
the cicada shrills too
diminished here.
Family beach
girls young enough to skip
to the ice-cream van.
Migrating geese
somewhere below night
the restless sea.
in grandma’s diary
the distance
they drove on to elope
woollen gloves
she brings snow flakes home
on her long-black-hair
Family courts
outside the creaking rooms
a child in frilly socks.
whispering your name
in the hay loft
a cigarette flares.
verandah
my nap and hers
spring breezes
To join them
swimming past safety
to the gentle rolling waves.
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