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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Horizon
the windjammer's slide
to the other side.
A swoop of gulls ...
the windjammer's sails
lifting all of us.
Windjammer sails
flecks of salt
flicked to the sun.
faint breezes
to the apple blossom scents
buzz of the bees.
Windjammer
from a refit
all her stories to retell.
Windjammer
spinnaker
straining to pull her.
An albatross glides
across the sky blue sea
a windjammer.
An albatross lands
at once the windjammer
fills her sails.
Windjammer in the sun
sailing only
on the mantelpiece.
Windjammer sails
pregnant
with the storm.
Transitory rainbow
a sliver of sun
pours on the hills.
Under glass
the windjammer's log book
inked with history.
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