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 paths it crosses
to sail overseas
high moon
she opens the chocolates
his gift for a lie
high moon
turning the corner
an infirmed friend
high moon
reading her letter
my cigarette's glow
high moon
Bogong moths migrating
suddenly … ten thousand
high moon
a buttercup pushes out
from a ribcage
high moon
the whimsy of the mists
under the orange trees
high moon
side by side
a sea-snake in the driftwood
high moon
the pain winter holds
in mother's hands
high moon
last train home
how my face looks looking out
high moon
letters found seeming
our mother eloped
high moon
the grandchild at the window
counting some stars
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