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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grandma's lunch
children around old lace
in the light of the sun.
Windjammer anchor
I find its start to rust
in the rose's bed.
Old windjammer
connecting the tourist spots
around the harbour.
Windjammer sails
her dripping fog
from hand to mouth.
Windjammer sails
I pull up frozen
to the rope ladder.
Rain forest
between the Pines
highways of silk.
The city swelters
across the windjammer deck
a sea breeze that cools.
Old windjammer
I find the smells of spices
she holds.
Windjammer
tending your tall sails
sailors drown.
faint breezes
to the apple blossom scents
buzz of the bees.
Early bird
becoming day
the worm pulls back.
Windjammer helm
enough rain in the breeze
to bring the smells of canvas.
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