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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in salt-pan smells
dragonflies mate
along the breeze.
Memorial park
the weathered stones
of angels.
Beyond the verandah
blinding rain reaching in
for a handful.
in that moment
the well-water moon
shines back.
Comet
the whole sea of stars
to roam alone in.
Summer afternoon
just before iced teas
the cicadas start.
daughter's visit
her gently raking
my autumn leaves.
Dog chain
the taste of his biscuit
a tongue away.
Grandmother's chair
her knitting needles clack
into the night.
butter
basted
rainbow
trout
Slender waterfall
her lip-licking sips
from my cupped hands.
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my clarinet's solo
out to Saturday night
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