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 white summer cloud
measuring an hour across.
Sundial garden
the tom cats snarling
at midnight.
On the sundial
.... butterflies....
the breezes from their mating.
Both tyres flat
a child's bike beginning rust
against the sundial.
Sundial garden
stopping the autumn rustle
the smell of burnt leaves.
Sundial garden
composing silence
after the cat fight.
Sundial garden
feeling the heat
the honeysuckles exhale.
Garden sundial
a highway of spider silk
to the orange tree.
Sundial
the garden Buddha's
eternal smile.
Garden sundial
still clearly working
soaked with dew.
Sundial garden
on every white rose
a glow of the moon.
Autumn garden
the start to falls
refilling the pond.
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