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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Neighbour's mantelpiece
amazed by the youth
in their photographs.
covered in white ...
the melt beneath
passing under the bridge
The queue jostles
as I form it
school sports bus.
his snake tattoo
strong armed
by weight lifts
Bush walk
my torch no longer
over father's back.
So headstrong
gunning into the life of a Pine
the wood pecker.
grandma's garden
our shadows moving
to touch and talk
the Basilica
leaning toward the Pieta
for my selfie
the theatre cleaner
rubs over
last night's applause
Fallen nest
a sudden sadness
to the stooping child.
Autumn leaves
slipping over
wet bends of the road.
Winter is all white
no sound
but the tin roof shrinking.
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