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 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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At midnight
shrieking bats shrieking
from the cave's stone mouth.
Mason
waiting around his yard
headstones in moonlight.
Summer art class
our watercolours preserving
the rises of seeds.
White frost
the rain puddle
making ice of the moon.
being Carnation
the head drooped in the garden
rises to the rain
Naked flame-trees
the park's ankle-deep leaves
rustle and gather.
shadowed river
following their honks
gypsy geese
One willow
sweeping the river
of its reflection.
Lingering
under the waterfall
a brace of lovers.
Sunday afternoon
puppies everywhere
after leaving the nipples.
After Sunday lunch
the weight
of summer heat.
Midday heat
she brings us sliced iced mangoes
on a cold white plate.
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