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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Burning raked leaves
the pregnant girl
twirls her mother's ring.
Near her term
leaves falling
past the lace curtains.
Swollen river
the mid-wife visit
just days away.
butterfly eggs
leaving the chances
for her generation.
Rolling over
her baby bump
the sea's soft swell.
home opened for sale
the way they scattered
our children's toys.
Late guests
the pregnant hostess
nibbles at their cheeses.
The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.
Now seeing
the ninth month shape
the way she walks.
School soccer ends
the halves of oranges
from their pregnant mums.
Window breeze
her pregnancy enjoys
the curtain tickles.
Her eighth month...
stretch marks
along the sea shore.
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