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
how alert the frog pond
to the firefly's light
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Bogong moths migrating
suddenly … ten thousand
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putting the dog out
underclothes iced on the line
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the railway tracks
leading to rust
high moon …
their crispness tightening
in the apple skins
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our teenager late-
and off its head the sudden phone
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a moth flutters
between our faces
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the grandchild at the window
counting some stars
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the dart of squirrels
to the kid's treehouse
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the turtles walk around me
back to the sea
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Laurel on her pillow
cradled by light
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our bike rides alone
in black and white
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