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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Afternoon tea...
the sips of honey-eaters
in the tulip cups.
Circling me
in the sunshine kitchen
a painted-lady moth.
Merging circles
a trout leaps moonshine
around the lake.
White table
the poppy in a blue vase
so orange bright.
Rainbows
bending
the waterfall spray.
In the cascade
a tiny waterfall
without its sound.
winds will be winds
ants will be ants
with a butterfly's wing
Pouring out the joy
of a cool white wine--
river picnic.
Wedding photographer
gathers us in the wind
about the church yard.
Indian summer
another wave folding
moonlight in its sound.
Pelican family
stepping out of wings
to the shallow tide.
Friend's party
a kiss for our love once
ivy on the wall.
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