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 winds
from yacht to yacht
their roll in shared waves.
The river forks
going along with the moon
to the sea.
Unopened
next to your letter
a butterfly on the table.
Christmas gifts
white kittens
chasing snowflakes.
Tossed sleep
the passage of the moon
across the window.
Canoeing
ahead of us
the storm rushed clouds.
Spring returns
down from timeless journeys
the gypsy geese.
Circus
in the ghost train ride
her hummingbird hands.
Icicles drip
but the verandah
is bathed in a cold moon.
Lime-stone caves
letting my phone film
a million years.
At drought's end
moonlight
from the spilling dam.
the tenth reunion
trying to recall
other school faces
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