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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home opened for sale
the way they scattered
our children's toys.
Strolling past sunflowers
at eight months
now she accepts their nods.
The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.
Turning in bed
her pregnancy
between us.
Dandelions
their pregnancy
to the whim of the wind.
Her eighth month...
stretch marks
along the sea shore.
Near her term
leaves falling
past the lace curtains.
Burning raked leaves
the pregnant girl
twirls her mother's ring.
In her seventh month
the buffeting of school kids
inside the bus.
Window breeze
her pregnancy enjoys
the curtain tickles.
School soccer ends
the halves of oranges
from their pregnant mums.
Farm drought
among his other thoughts
his pregnant wife.
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