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 turtles walk around me
back to the sea
high moon
a pale rainbow
in the waterfall spray
the high moon
and his whispers
loose in my hair
high moon
in a forever
I won't see return
high moon
on a framework of clouds
tattooing the sea
high moon
bats leaving the fig tree
to stir another
high moon
side by side
a sea-snake in the driftwood
high moon
the old stone of Buddha
surrounded with Jasmine
high moon
my selfie
of both our faces
high moon
last train home
how my face looks looking out
high moon
a buttercup pushes out
from a ribcage
high moon
reading her letter
my cigarette's glow
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