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
our bike rides alone
in black and white
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on the massage parlour
a graffiti … dries
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the cruise ship berthed
in party lights
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my children
sniff the garden herbs
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the light of a white moth
flitting between gardens
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on returning tides
the seeds of islands
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a splash of the Koi
where a nestling fell
high moon
turning the corner
an infirmed friend
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fireflies flirting over
our neighbour's pool
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such a weight the dew hangs
from the spider webs
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geese forsaking
their father lands
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in the frail light
a sick friend's garden
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