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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high moon
a moth in the thrashings
a spider has stung
high moon
where the garden rusts
the wheels of my bike
high moon
the railway tracks
leading to rust
high moon
the faces of sunflowers
turned in a breeze
high moon
the wind-mill retching
tastes of the earth
high moon
the grandchild at the window
counting some stars
high moon
following the train
the bridge's silence
high moon
such a weight the dew hangs
from the spider webs
high moon
my children
sniff the garden herbs
high moon
the wind on a rope swing
over the river
high moon
all the still-born
becoming bones
high moon
the rain holding it
held in the mud
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