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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Midnight snack
in the light , in the quiet
of a lonely day.
How furiously
the tiger moth entangles
the circle of silk.
winter morning web--
a spider's face
hangs with the dew
summer drought
taller each cruise
the river banks.
from the forest...
with a new straight cane
to walk home
first light
turning me the shadow
in the shade.
Fig trees
the night's thunder shaking
some fruit bats out.
from the bone winter trees
the caw of a crow
departing
Midday heat
she brings us pomegranates
peeled and chilled.
a late picnic
the sunset's
polished lake
Melt-water fishing
the rainbows in the skins
of the trout.
mum's singing
on the kitchen table
our homework stopped.
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