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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summer vacation
I walk daily
in the fragrance of Jasmines
high dive
the boy leaps out to
the rush of water.
sun tipped trees
still the butterfly
to move in leaves
open tent
eucalypti touching
across the river
stars on the lake
a summer galaxy
the swans push aside
open tent
start of day
our daughter sings to bird songs
Milking the girl…
scratches of her long itch
on the old barn door.
the clouds are wild
a lightning cracks
our shadows on the sea
His first school day
I must wait, pruning the bonsai
in the patio’s sun.
child’s play
on our summer lawn
raising grasshoppers
Sunset cruise
leaning over waves of dolphins
heading out
First buds
pulling her milk tooth
for the fairy.
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