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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Homing pigeons
finding holes
out of the storm.
Hovering above ...
a carp treads water
under the dragonfly.
Pelican family
stepping out of wings
to the shallow tide.
Flicking a bed sheet
the sunbeam glittered
with our dust.
Wedge-tail eagle
so long shadowed
the mountain moves.
Taking left-over meat
back to its Gum tree
her favourite magpie.
First light
smelling a pursuit
the stallion turns to fear.
Seeing how
the bees come to the roses
mainly by colour.
Rain forest
in and out with its torch
the full moon.
Moonlit walk ...
in the strands of your hair
spider threads.
Sudden red light
the wail of an ice-cream
hitting the car floor.
A magpie calls
the misty orange dawn
behind him.
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