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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living elderly–
soul shapes
in the sky of gulls
living elderly–
in one spring nap
the Gum trees bud
living elderly–
the seeds in the waves
fizzed into shore
living elderly–
wishes somewhere
thrown in a fountain
living elderly–
once in a blue moon
the moon on well-water
living elderly–
fluttering the beauty it brought
the second butterfly
living elderly–
strolling more in the street
when red leaves gather
Living elderly
the Universe has written
my poems before I start. Sarah Kay
living elderly–
scenting the rain washed by it
the white rose
living elderly–
the baby smells
toddlers carry
living elderly–
a whiskey in the yard
sipped with the moon
living elderly–
first light opens
the dark dream rubbing my eyes
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