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 garden
the pond no fish swims in
raising bubbles.
Garden sundial
in full moon
the turn to autumn silent.
Sundial garden
midday shines deep
in the tulip cup.
Sundial garden
the tom cats snarling
at midnight.
Beside the sundial
my arm under Laurel
cramped with sleep.
All in star time
to the garden pond ...
a billion years.
On the sundial
mother's gold ring
while she gardens.
Lightning flash
its time
recorded on the sundial.
Midday winds- -
the sand dunes sifted
to the sea.
Sundial garden
the summer's filled
with the summer's drive.
Garden sundial
each cloud pass
taking time.
Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.
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