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
where the garden rusts
the wheels of my bike
the high moon
and his whispers
loose in my hair
high moon
the whale's rise and crashes
in being alone
high moon
the pain winter holds
in mother's hands
high moon
our car tilting down
to the distant valley
high moon
she opens the chocolates
his gift for a lie
high moon
last train home
how my face looks looking out
high moon
geese forsaking
their father lands
high moon
the bubbles of shampoo
in my children's hair
high moon
the pollen counts
in an after-rain
high moon
side by side
a sea-snake in the driftwood
high moon
our talk of divorce
taken outside
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