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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Sundial
the waterwheel washes
the gardener's hands.
Sundial garden
the sound of the gate locking
behind the old dog.
Garden sundial
bees sharing
the blossom's need for pollen.
lightning flash
the garden sundial
begins to answer
Sundial garden
on every white rose
a glow of the moon.
late afternoon
uncoiling from the sundial
the garden hose
Sundial garden
being alarmed at first
to the hive's gentle hum.
Sundial garden
feeling the heat
the honeysuckles exhale.
flat tyres
a girl's red bike
leans on the sundial
Garden sundial
between horizons
the coloured hours.
Sundial garden
stopping the autumn rustle
the smell of burnt leaves.
Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.
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