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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Cool forest
the ghost Gums reaching
their tall light to me.
Unexpected...
loneliness
on this beach full of stars.
River picnic
soaking our blanket
with yesterday's rain.
Sketched
before corruption
the fruit bowl's apple.
the bridge rattles
a freight train lightly
across the river.
concealed track
the forest breeze
tangled with bird song.
Day breaks
in the stilly silence
a dream still dreaming.
Dust eddies
under the bridge
raising the drought.
Barbed wire
guarding those few
that sleep.
Friday night poker
hands dealing into
a square of the moon.
The peddle canoes
gathered to rest
at low tide.
Ocean mist
then comes the deeply rising singing
of the whales.
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