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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Not one scurrying
that I can catch ...
the red sand crabs.
Sail board rider
how he fits the wind
to the sea.
clouds lift...
the bay tide
moves a driftwood
this sky-pressed sea
is a safe place for my bones
with waves to move in
Beach debris
composing us a campfire
for tonight.
Sparkling lake
the race of sailboards
hints at summer.
Beach lovers
moving in small waves
bright summer stars.
Beach gulls hover
above the dog's bark
above the dog's play.
Beach promenade
one flowered umbrella
wet with rain.
High tide
leaves the sandpiper prints
for a growing wind.
Beach wind
the page a kite
flying my last five haiku.
beach resort
a sand storm
snuffs the sun
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