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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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high moon
buzzing on the beach
a phone none answers
high moon
the shape of streets
above the snow
high moon
bats leaving the fig tree
to stir another
high moon
the rest of the henhouse
going the ways of a fox
the high moon
___becoming
_____noon on the sundial
high moon
down our street
the Maples falling naked
high moon
where the river turns
the dingoes howling
high moon
the grandchild at the window
counting some stars
high moon
the city drains
un-corking their odours
high moon
Bogong moths migrating
suddenly … ten thousand
high moon
the way the swan glides
up the river of light
high moon
the cruise ship berthed
in party lights
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