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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Morning chill
a dog barking a hole
into Sunday.
Old Labrador
leaving one small bark
at the hen-house door.
sepia photos
imagine me a young man
destroyed in his war.
Damn binoculars
the race horse losing
in both lenses.
The doors open
movie goers dash
out to the night.
my star sign
moving across the pond
I thought were fireflies.
Grandparent's day
tiny tickled giggles
from the bassinet.
Bathroom mirror
the day brushed into
her tousled hair.
Second hand book
a pencilled name
faint among the poems.
Dawn opens
the faintest sweep of willows
over the river mud.
Un-blessed wines
how the cabernet lingers
with the priest.
the widower's sports car
he waxes weekly...
the last one
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