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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night class
planning each small snip
of the bonsai
great camera shots
tiger moths on white roses
a long way from home
holding the lightning
at light speed
the dark lake
grandfather clock
the chimes
stirring my hair
Swooping hawk
the mother cat’s
pink hiss.
one wind pile
after another
of crinkling leaves.
Harbour fog
ghosts of a windjammer
following the lamp.
mountain eagle
I am the ears
who hears it cry
Her holidays start
suddenly with the red suitcase
suddenly she’s gone.
midnight bats
still the fig seeds
to scatter
Await my atoms
to be buried whole at sea
with waves to become.
…seasons…
how the life in the Gums
turn into rings
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