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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Patio winds
pruning the bonsai too
of autumn leaves.
high moon
nearer our farmhouse
how the roof shine … shines
my kite
takes to its struggles-
autumn in the park
long drought
the farm’s debt
in our marriage
from a light sleep
my bed coloured-in
by the orange dawn
bobbing
falls of autumn
the rainbow trout
Storm waves
all pitched black
but the lighthouse beam.
half-drowned in the weir
cray-fish feelers
at the tops of my legs
Dolphins in and out
the waves of the Aegean
arching their backs.
dawn gathers
in the green of the trees
eyes open, blink
intercity bus
stops and exits
our neighbour
Warm kitchen
grandfather’s breakfast
in our hurried meals.
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