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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The house locked
Sirius the dog star
on guard.
The park's doves
sharing loneliness
in my sandwich.
a full moon
clad in white
the stone nude.
Beyond the verandah
blinding rain reaching in
for a handful.
Baby-sitting daughter
the scowl on her face
Saturday night.
nursing home
now father and I
leaning to each other.
Twilight
lips taking the salt in
from the sea's breeze.
School picnic
our walk downhill
to join the games of the others.
beekeeper's shed
jars of gold
highlighting the sun.
In the jade Buddha
almost a heartbeat
almost heard.
silk kimonos
pausing lovers
the thinness of paper walls
losing the sunset
still the fragrance
of the frangipani.
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