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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In a few tomato cartons
old books
untouched in the garage sale.
Wedge-tail eagle
fleeing from the sunset
red with fire.
After the storm
tulips brimming
with moonshine.
In the hot north wind
that no wattle trees shade
cicada shrills.
Sprouting
seeds from fruit bats
the cave's mouth.
Heaven high
veering left from the sun
the return of geese.
In her stones
the old stream trickles
another thaw.
Her one-eyed doll
avoiding its stare
the neighbour's cat.
Into dusk
the hitchhiker turns
his collars up.
Wife moving close...
near the end of the wedding
their nervous vows.
Letter box
the post man straightens
the old girl's fence.
her birthday book
unfolds to its first page
a unicorn.
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