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
still clearly working
soaked with dew.
Sundial garden
the summer's filled
with the summer's drive.
School children
into every parked car
their afternoon rush.
Cold garden
on the brass sundial
a brown apple core.
Sundial garden
vegetables and flowers
for the family table.
Suddenly there
a magpie on the sundial
shading midday.
Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.
On the sundial
mother's gold ring
while she gardens.
Going around
the sick friend's garden
rain drizzles.
Garden sundial
after a job interview
time to reflect.
Sundial garden
on her father's shoulders
picking almonds.
Sundial
the white summer cloud
measuring an hour across.
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