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--
the crescent scooping the sea
at moonrise
living elderly--
insomnia
in wall to wall sounds
living elderly--
the silver fox evading
the moons through the trees
living elderly--
once in a blue moon
the moon on well-water
living elderly--
listening in the silence
no one talks to
living elderly--
through autumn stillness
the fenced crow-- piercing
living elderly--
my home's most worth
the breath of mornings
living elderly--
a whiskey in the yard
sipped with the moon
living elderly--
which of those stars
seems more alone
living elderly--
our yard under snow
the pet's plaque--named
living elderly--
how fragile
grandkids hug
loving elderly--
overnight storm
drips in the sound of puddles
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