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 thick morning fog
came in and stayed, as if nothing
living elderly--
a garden Buddha
the moonlight seeks
living elderly--
arranging red apple slices
on a square white plate
living elderly--
a scent in the night
spent among Pines
living elderly--
oozing on the peach tree
hailstone bruises
living elderly--
all our years spent
as mostly water
living elderly--
a lily out
out of the pond
living elderly--
scenting the rain washed by it
the white rose
living elderly--
through autumn stillness
the fenced crow-- piercing
living elderly--
to a great grandchild
great mystery
living elderly--
how silently
dawn colours
living elderly--
asleep in a canoe
my lines being tugged
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