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
the faces of sunflowers
turned in a breeze
high moon
buzzing on the beach
a phone none answers
high moon
the turtles walk around me
back to the sea
high moon
unable to sleep
the crickets chirp
high moon
a pale rainbow
in the waterfall spray
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last train home
how my face looks looking out
high moon
on returning tides
the seeds of islands
high moon
sparkled with dew
my little pots of bonsai
high moon
apple trees turning
the air to cider
high moon
the way the swan glides
up the river of light
high moon
falling through our windscreen
onto the next town
high moon
the whale's rise and crashes
in being alone
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