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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a glide-by swan
circles of the sun
approach our canoe.
Horizon
the windjammer's slide
to the other side.
Windjammer
how the dawn breeze
fills her orange sails.
frangipani
a honey tongue suckling
on butterfly wings.
Clouds rush
a moon leaps from
the frog pond.
Windjammer bones
yet the sea's first cooled rock
still its deepest treasure.
Windjammer storm
the stone in my pocket
a dry comfort.
Windjammer deck
before the pelican
scatters the gulls.
The city swelters
across the windjammer deck
a sea breeze that cools.
Windjammer
spinnaker
straining to pull her.
The fog rolling in
with the fleet
fisherman's harbour.
Captain's daughter
the windjammer in white
for her wedding.
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