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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living elderly–
their family visits
like returning home
living elderly–
the pen-pal letter again
in calligraphy
Crossing
on the new sheets
the barbed claws of her kitten.
easy to add more
to my charcoal sketch
the soundless gulls
Platform heat
the winds of summer
and express trains.
Bird-bath splashes
I compose me a haiku
about the garden.
Birthday cake
among the patio ferns
her greying friends.
new to my weekends
pruning the roses
she left
Suddenly there
a magpie on the sundial
shading midday.
Clipper ship
first light where it begins
coming out of the sea.
Deserted beach
the storm’s new treasures
picked over by crabs.
Summer beach
still finding lovers
on a midnight stroll.
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