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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Boat harbour
feeling all nine months
she feeds the gulls.
home opened for sale
the way they scattered
our children's toys.
The baby turns
her super-market trolley
almost full.
Her eighth month...
stretch marks
along the sea shore.
Late guests
the pregnant hostess
nibbles at their cheeses.
her eighth month...
mid-summer grapes
plump on the vines
Burning raked leaves
the pregnant girl
twirls her mother's ring.
Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
Near her term
leaves falling
past the lace curtains.
The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.
Dandelions
their pregnancy
to the whim of the wind.
Window breeze
her pregnancy enjoys
the curtain tickles.
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