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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At dawn
windjammer following
the wild geese home.
Waterlilies
the wind finds a way
to raise their skirts.
Windjammer sails
flecks of salt
flicked to the sun.
Old windjammer
I find the smells of spices
she holds.
An albatross lands
at once the windjammer
fills her sails.
faint breezes
to the apple blossom scents
buzz of the bees.
Kitchen table
the moon falling off
to brown lino.
Suddenly filled
the windjammer sails
suddenly limp.
the cat's whiskers
the purrs of a dance
in the school girl's arms.
The city swelters
across the windjammer deck
a sea breeze that cools.
Spinnaker
filling sun
with wind.
Windjammer
half weighed down
from winter light.
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