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
behind the full moon
a million stars.
Sundial garden
the silence of lemons
decaying on the lawn.
Sundial garden
only the green water-wheel
moving in the mist.
Gathering storm
the sundial pitched
between black and light.
Sundial garden
stopping the autumn rustle
the smell of burnt leaves.
Thirst calls
from the deep stone well
echoes.
Far from home
the jury racked over
the profits of crime.
Sundial garden
the dropped fig
spilling its seeds.
Garden sundial
mother's house
sold without it.
Passing cloud
the garden sundial
ticking as it cools.
Garden sundial
between us
our talk of divorce.
Garden sundial
branch by branch
the slivers of day.
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