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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living elderly--
in the naked tree
two webs stringing dew
living elderly--
how fragile
grandkids hug
living elderly--
a fledgling dives into
the sounds of its flight
living elderly--
asleep in a canoe
my lines being tugged
living elderly--
returning starlight
the mirror on the pond
living elderly--
a fledgling on the lawn
its pink mouth to feed
living elderly--
bread crusts
to the flaps of pigeons
living elderly--
how the apples grow
enough leaves to shade
living elderly--
summer afternoons
in and out of, the days at school
living elderly--
to the patch of sun
a worn chair
living elderly--
their crunch SO delights
autumn leaves across the lawn
living elderly--
drenching rain
a child stares from the car port
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