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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moving moonlight
the forest
falls in leaves
Coloured balloons
tied to the front fence …
the birthday ones.
Beside the sundial
my arm under Laurel
cramped with sleep.
Day breaks
in the stilly silence
a dream still dreaming.
sweat on my face
the re-varnished
oak table top
The mouse in peril
fallen figs
found out on the lawn.
high moon
turning the corner
an infirmed friend
high moon
with the pond frogs bloated
now they fight
We have the same thoughts
picking her passionfruit vine
… grandmother’s jam.
Her pink nursery …
opening in the garden
tender new buds.
Currawongs call
in the meadow dew
the birth and rise of mushrooms.
A bag of cow dung …
strawberries
on the child’s plate.
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