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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Showers return
hosiery on her line
crosses its legs.
Sunset fades
a breeze rolls out
of the sand dunes.
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Family lunch
arranging thin ripe tomato rings
around the cool white plate.
Hitchhikers ...
growing and growing
their far travelled tales.
One star
in their minds
guiding geese.
Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.
Dentist's mirror
the cavity
of so much pain.
Strolling along the beach
lovers
borrow dawn for a while.
Sunset sinks
a brumby splashes through the river
to the cool green hills.
Lake mirror
a pelican crosses
the path to the sun.
Open silk kimono
next to her skin
the breeze that moves it.
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