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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Windjammer deck
the cat curls tighter
in the winter sun.
Dawn watch asleep
fogs move aboard
the windjammer.
Her sails stowed ...
silence
aboard the windjammer.
Before the windjammer
a path laid
by the moon's rise.
Windjammer sails
the sounds of a shanty
sung by the crew.
Full of sails
the windjammer home
near day's end.
edge of sight
the thermals reshaping
an eagle's wings.
Windjammer
all the stars out
all the sails out.
Windjammer in the sun
sailing only
on the mantelpiece.
Light-house beam
returns to the windjammer
caressing her.
In winter waves
a sudden storm bemoans
the windjammer.
Windjammer
how the dawn breeze
fills her orange sails.
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