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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Nylon dress
her hisses at lunch
reaching across the table.
Father looks away
so soon all her good-byes
from her wedding party.
long shadowed park
the kookaburras
laugh at sunrise
Weight lifter
his tattoos strained
by the bar-bell.
Mushroom search
the shapes of trees dripping
whitened by fog.
Midnight
tomcat re-scenting
the scent of the dog.
Chiming faintly
of bamboo
the forest breeze.
Rainforest
a backpacker takes
its stillness out.
Park bench ...
autumn so silent
I kick up the dry gold leaves.
Dining table
daggers of light
the silver moon.
Kindergarten gate
a heart cries
a heart dies.
Sunrise sea
the waves pour in
from the light.
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