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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A magpie calls
the misty orange dawn
behind him.
My need to rest
ignores the rot
of the fallen Pine.
Snow-fed waterfall
raising our skins
with goose-flesh.
Huddled under a tree …
after the lightning
our long walk home.
deep water green
shared from my phone
dolphins in the swells.
Wedge-tail eagle
so long shadowed
the mountain moves.
Cast off
in the Frangipani falls
a tiger snake skin.
in solitude
the streaks of the dolphins
guiding our boat.
winds will be winds
ants will be ants
with a butterfly’s wing
And the dusk empties now …
magpies quietening
into shades.
Her pink nursery …
opening in the garden
tender new buds.
the soft twinkles
of moonshine
our watered lawn
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