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 bag-lady's old pram
turning round the corner
high moon
a fog laying over
our strawberry beds
high moon
on the massage parlour
a graffiti … dries
high moon
the mouse un-shadowed
where the ripe fig fell
high moon
a moth flutters
between our faces
high moon
a river runs-off
with the nountain
high moon
side by side
a sea-snake in the driftwood
high moon
the old stone of Buddha
surrounded with Jasmine
high moon
such a weight the dew hangs
from the spider webs
high moon
the pain winter holds
in mother's hands
high moon
the dart of squirrels
to the kid's treehouse
high moon
the grandchild at the window
counting some stars
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