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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For hours now
the abattoir has no sound ...
a crescent moon.
their tweets--
through the pack of sparrows
the bird-bath... fights
slow hammock swings
a summer air
ruffles the cat
hives
to a future in honey
summer heat
the sunset shatters
the mirror at sea
The meditation
of bamboo wind chimes
... a summer dawns...
autumn moves--
plastics making a dump
of rustled leaves
abandoned farm
the windmill
turning rust
boathouse--
two girls enter
the wall of fog
freezing ears--
over the blankets of snow
a bell bird ... tinkles
end of day
the hawk's wings
folding up
Dining table
daggers of light
the silver moon.
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