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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Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
what approached the nine months
for you
I let in
Her eighth month...
stretch marks
along the sea shore.
Dandelions
their pregnancy
to the whim of the wind.
Boat harbour
feeling all nine months
she feeds the gulls.
cherry blossoms fall
breast feeding
into her smile
Near her term
leaves falling
past the lace curtains.
In her seventh month
the buffeting of school kids
inside the bus.
Rolling over
her baby bump
the sea's soft swell.
Late guests
the pregnant hostess
nibbles at their cheeses.
The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.
nine month's sway
serving their breakfasts
in summer heat
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