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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Late guests
the pregnant hostess
nibbles at their cheeses.
nine month's sway
serving their breakfasts
in summer heat
The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.
Dandelions
their pregnancy
to the whim of the wind.
School soccer ends
the halves of oranges
from their pregnant mums.
butterfly eggs
leaving the chances
for her generation.
Pregnant
the new flowered sheets
for our months ahead.
Swollen river
the mid-wife visit
just days away.
dribbling on my arm
I move the babe
from my breast
cherry blossoms fall
breast feeding
into her smile
Burning raked leaves
the pregnant girl
twirls her mother's ring.
Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
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