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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Her sails stowed ...
silence
aboard the windjammer.
Captain's daughter
the windjammer in white
for her wedding.
How ancient
are the forests shaped
to give me breath.
Windjammer passing
a sudden whisper
from its breeze.
Windjammer
tending your tall sails
sailors drown.
Windjammer storm
entangled
all hands in the sails.
Windjammer
how the dawn breeze
fills her orange sails.
Pregnant with sails
the windjammer rolls in
on the harbour's swell.
the cat's whiskers
the purrs of a dance
in the school girl's arms.
Windjammer storm
the stone in my pocket
a dry comfort.
Windjammer sails
her dripping fog
from hand to mouth.
Gentle breeze
grazing on the sea
a moonlit windjammer.
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