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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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high moon
such a weight the dew hangs
from the spider webs
high moon
where the garden rusts
the wheels of my bike
high moon
bamboo leaves
slashing the wind
high moon
the city drains
un-corking their odours
high moon
the bag-lady’s old pram
turning round the corner
high moon
the river gives tongue
to the mouth of the sea
high moon
on the pollen sparkles
of an after-rain
high moon
another strawberry
Laurel’s tongue
high moon
apple trees turning
the air to cider
high moon
the rest of the henhouse
going the ways of a fox
the high moon
___becoming
_____noon on the sundial
high moon
my absent child
may well look to
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