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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The way the frog’s slither
is slimy
from the boy’s hands.
star full sky
man of earth too
keeps re-creating
Drought’s end …
clinging to the Gum leaves
it drips , drips , drips,.
sailing solo
along the horizon
he cannot see
Gum tree breezes
a river
shines the Sun
In the mirror
licking at her sleep
the Labrador’s tongue.
River walk
thrashing to the middle
the dog finds his stick.
her eighth month…
mid-summer grapes
plump on the vines
Moonlit beach
her body my body
in bed with the sand.
Bush walk
all this time lost
sitting by a waterfall.
A winter wind starts it – –
willows lashing
the grey river.
Wolf whistles
faint rustles heard
from her nylon dress.
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