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--
I think about the autumns
as carpets of gold
living elderly--
'a spring thaw'
I whisper to the dog
living elderly--
fluttering the beauty it brought
the second butterfly
living elderly--
a wrinkled ocean
washed in the sun
living elderly--
our yard under snow
the pet's plaque--named
living elderly--
to a great grandchild
great mystery
living elderly--
in the moon on a breeze
Jasmine escaping
living elderly--
between the nights
all the nesessary eggs
living elderly--
their family visits
like returning home
living elderly--
the river Gum's last year
to shadow the moons
living elderly--
to the patch of sun
a worn chair
living elderly--
needed saving from the sun
my many ripe tomatoes
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