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
folding wings two Monarchs
step out of the breeze.
Sundial
a garden black rain
oozes down the stone path.
Your over-sea's trip
I think in shadows
moving over you.
Garden sundial
the autumn clouds
fickle with time.
Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.
Garden dawn
the sundial recording
its singing hour.
Sundial garden
our cat's litter
no two playing in the same way.
Sundial garden
vegetables and flowers
for the family table.
Sundial garden
on her father's shoulders
picking almonds.
Passing cloud
the garden sundial
ticking as it cools.
Garden sundial
the morning moves slowly
from its foggy start.
Sundial garden
the summer's filled
with the summer's drive.
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