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 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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White table
the poppy in a blue vase
so orange bright.
Bush walk
all this time lost
sitting by a waterfall.
Under glass
finding in the puddles
rose petals in frost.
Homing pigeons
finding holes
out of the storm.
New year turns
I blow the first note
for our clarinet trio.
Hovering above …
a carp treads water
under the dragonfly.
Dots in the dawn
pelican following pelican
to the clear blue lake.
Barely awake
without any thought
the singing dawn.
Wedge-tail eagle
so long shadowed
the mountain moves.
Sleep that won’t
listening to the roof
creak with wind.
The tide ebbs,
to feel it leaving
neck high in horse-shoe bay.
new lace curtains
the merriment of spring
out the window
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