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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Captain’s daughter
the windjammer in white
for her wedding.
grandma’s lunch
children around old lace
in the light of the sun.
Early bird
becoming day
the worm pulls back.
a glide-by swan
circles of the sun
approach our canoe.
Sunday evening
after the garage sale
missing the book on Zen.
Grey harbour
a windjammer rolls in
on the storm.
the magpie and I
ruffled by a wind
across the leaf pile
Horizon
the windjammer’s slide
to the other side.
Windjammer
all the stars out
all the sails out.
Limp, rain, soaked
windjammer, moored
to the old wood wharf.
Left to shudder
with the thunder
windjammer sails.
Old windjammer
I find the smells of spices
she holds.
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