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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After us
about ten cows sashaying
from the buttercup field.
Such blinding heat
just the shrill of cicadas
out of the dry north winds.
Tourist resort
choosing our memories
from the post-card rack.
dreams
composed
of silence
jazz music
through the window
late summer heat
a school boy fishing
his get-lost kiss
to the train on the bridge
Sundial garden
in the rows of carrot heads
our curled cat.
Dairy farmer
calling the girls in
before the morning heat.
Prison walls
the silence given
to falling snow.
perfumed roses
the distance
our tot will tiptoe
drought’s end
sounds of the river
melting its dust
in the picnic…
I never heard before
how she speaks my name.
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