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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mushroom search
the fog thickening
tree after tree.
Windjammer
the sounds of an island
alone with the sea.
Windjammer sails
I pull up frozen
to the rope ladder.
Sunlit windjammer...
her captain
if I loved all the wild seas.
Sunday evening
after the garage sale
missing the book on Zen.
Windjammer
flapping sails, she turns
to the light out of dawn.
Old windjammer
connecting the tourist spots
around the harbour.
Windjammer storm
the stone in my pocket
a dry comfort.
In winter waves
a sudden storm bemoans
the windjammer.
How ancient
are the forests shaped
to give me breath.
laundry door
children leaving years
scratched in the paint.
windjammer
away on her own
a tryst with the sea
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