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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Her eighth month...
stretch marks
along the sea shore.
Farm drought
among his other thoughts
his pregnant wife.
home opened for sale
the way they scattered
our children's toys.
Boat harbour
feeling all nine months
she feeds the gulls.
kindergarten gate
my childhood
as her hand came free
Rolling over
her baby bump
the sea's soft swell.
what approached the nine months
for you
I let in
Burning raked leaves
the pregnant girl
twirls her mother's ring.
Turning in bed
her pregnancy
between us.
nine month's sway
serving their breakfasts
in summer heat
Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
Swollen river
the mid-wife visit
just days away.
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