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
in a forever
I won't see return
high moon
just tumble-weeds passing
the barbed-wire fence
high moon
the wind-mill retching
tastes of the earth
high moon
the turtles walk around me
back to the sea
high moon
sparkled with dew
my little pots of bonsai
high moon
on the massage parlour
a graffiti … dries
high moon
slamming the side gate
the wind in my head
high moon
rock pools emerging
an ebb at a time
high moon
the bag-lady's old pram
turning round the corner
high moon
the well water
too deep to raise
high moon
the way the swan glides
up the river of light
high moon
the whimsy of the mists
under the orange trees
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