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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each comb through her hair
collects grains
of the beach sand
A red wind
around their sand castle
the sunset beach.
winter holidays
the warmth from grandma
closing her front door.
Water lilies
a duck under their skirts
feeling for snails.
playground
the other swing
free to the wind
Bus stop seat
a brown bite
in the red apple.
Afternoon wind
its rush through corn leaves
green.
Eyes from the water
a crocodile’s gnashing
frenzied soul.
half-drowned in the weir
cray-fish feelers
at the tops of my legs
just dusk
the stars between
space and time
Campfire coffee
the stars of the Universe
passes some time.
sun on my back
a reflected
puddle’s rose
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