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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Fallen Gum
in unfamiliar light
the eager of her saplings.
moon shine...
its orbit contriving
the ebb of tides
in stars
two fireflies here, no there
over the pond
Mum's heat
drawing on life
to crack its egg
This morning's fog ...
I am swallowed in the park
with magpie calls.
Bathroom tiles
too many ; no not too many
tiny footprints in the talc.
Frozen lizard's
crawl to the sun
thawing her , thawing her.
Lukewarm
sunshine reaching
the lily-pad's roots.
Painter's brush
creating the waterfall
without a sound.
Where clouds would be...
taking a while to leave
my envy of the wild geese.
Full moon ...
only fruit bat squeaks
from the cave's mouth.
Cathedral closed
giddy with fear
the black bird's long caw.
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