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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Garden sundial
a breeze just as gentle
opens the monarch's wings.
Garden vines
grapes on a white lattice
sprinkled with rain.
Garden sundial
a moment taken
by the shadow of a bird.
Sundial garden
no moon yet, but the white roses
gently glow.
indian summer
timed out
on the sundial
Sundial garden
the silent magpie
hearing the worm turn.
School children
into every parked car
their afternoon rush.
Sundial garden
the tiger moth gives up
to the spider's venom.
Past the sundial
into the lemon tree
winter's loud wind.
Garden sundial
the autumn clouds
fickle with time.
Sundial garden
the tart of the lemons
dusted with snow.
Bassinet
by the garden sundial
the baby suckling toes.
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