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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clouds lift…
the bay tide
moves a driftwood
Mountain eaglet
it dawns on her
this urge to fly.
a misty rain stops–
a butterfly enters
the door of our train
midnight lightning
begins to bend
the river
lake side
a log fire
tastes the coffee
pigeons peck
the throw out gifts
of confetti and rice
Windjammer
tending your tall sails
sailors drown.
Windjammer fog
back to my childhood
seeing a ghost.
living elderly–
in the naked tree
two webs stringing dew
In the mirror
deflating on the floor
a child’s birthday balloons.
Barbed wire fence
kangaroo skins
cleaned by crows.
house auction
a few magpie songs
conclude the sale
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