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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Wolf whistles
faint rustles heard
from her nylon dress.
late dusk
the swings to moon-glow
the swing and I.
bridge night
the weight of my partner's
losing score.
never the gardener
I tend the herb beds
she turned
Starlight campfire
the near sound of horses
shuffling for warmth.
Dumped bathtub
the rains turned green
in the mosquitoes' way.
Grandfather clock
chimes tingling
the tot's covered ears.
My crime novel
geese cries returning
in the death throes of night.
First Gum leaf
on the knotty branch
tickling the breeze.
Winter sleet
off the white highway
towns in the frost.
Red sports Jaguar
the blonde's long cool glance
over mine.
Jealous quarrel
a bruised apple turned
in the fruit bowl.
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