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–
in the breath of
the nearness of trees
living elderly–
leaves and me
with autumn
living eldely–
licking at the autumn leaves
a tongue of the flames
living elderly–
first light opens
the dark dream rubbing my eyes
living elderly–
the sundial and I
in a flash of lightning
living elderly–
soul shapes
in the sky of gulls
living elderly–
prancing into the yard
a white moth brings more green
living elderly–
their family visits
like returning home
living elderly–
in the naked tree
two webs stringing dew
living elderly–
with winter thawing
down the streams to the sea
living elderly–
picking the last grapes
before autumn rains
living elderly–
in the moon on a breeze
Jasmine escaping
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