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 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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Afternoon play
the pencilled dolphins
she crayons red.
sun on my back
a reflected
puddle's rose
In the hills
the last train whistled
the town's goodbye.
Apple tree budding ...
last year
hair to pull a comb through.
Tourist resort
choosing our memories
from the post-card rack.
Short dress
the long whistles
follow.
Winter garden
through the naked roses
your lingerie drying.
Apple orchard dew!
this water on father's trees
thought inside as I do.
Leafless vine
the spider thinks how to change
her web in the sun.
garden cactus
popping her balloon
the birthday one
moon shine...
its orbit contriving
the ebb of tides
Curve of a rainbow
the lisp of the child
counting the colours.
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