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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dawn stirs
the moon the frost crackles
in a puddle of ice.
Midday sun
slowly ending
Sunday’s lay-in.
Becoming waves
my reasons
to be buried at sea.
just street lights
the tram changes
the types it carries
After the rain
moonlight growing
in to mushrooms.
City fog
office girls
coming through the park.
she looks back–
the child like I faced
a kindergarten gate
living alone…
grandmother lets
the autumn leaves be
lighthouse beam
the voices of the storm
through a yacht
rainbow
bridging the hills
I drive to
summer heat
the sunset shatters
the mirror at sea
cherry blossoms fall
breast feeding
into her smile
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