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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rogue wave–
before its chaos
the family beach
Sunrise beach
the strut of gulls
printing the first few tracks.
Bay tides
composing the debris
wet side down.
the bay tides
the clouds leave
one more driftwood
Aegean island
alone— yet a set of prints
under my feet.
All over us
the surf tumbled
by a passing storm.
Beach waves
all of the baby’s giggles
inside mother’s arms.
Children’s beach
their sand castles abandoned
to the midday heat.
sand dunes
in your soft hills
the winds change
Dumped tricycle
the sea-shore showing
its ages of rust.
Beach party
we leave the others alone
to their school games.
Squeezing
every breath from themselves
the dumped waves.
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