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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Garden fog
on the raspberries
faintly red.
My crime novel
geese cries returning
in the death throes of night.
Vintage car
owning... driving...
the first man's joy.
Red sports Jaguar
the blonde's long cool glance
over mine.
Bubble bathed
the birthday doll taken
into her bed.
gypsy geese
from a soundless sky__
the dog on my lap turns
Village hall
first night dampens
the girl's violin.
Thunder storm
how the rose petals cling
to the garden path.
Flower show closed
alone in its perfumes
an arc of the moon.
Morning winds
from yacht to yacht
their roll in shared waves.
Girls picking tea
their rustling saris
silky as their songs.
Cheval mirror
Tangerine twirling
in her long lemon dress.
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