editor@haikujournal.org  ·  Celebrating 18 years of haiku — publishing since 2008
← All poem themes Published Haiku Collection

Nature Haiku Poems

Haiku attentive to the living world, wild landscapes, and moments outdoors.

1,508 published haiku
Weeping blood red sun
Hangs low in the evening sky,
Dreams of long-lost loves.
Frank Modica Read poem →
Glass beach surf castoffs
Wave polishes rainbow stones
Vanishing treasures
Maria Depaul Read poem →
A cliff face daunting
Finger hold, toe hold, anchor
Harness the mountain
Eldie Wood Read poem →
Freezing rain and snow
Silken black lace of winter
Children ice skating.
Bruce Levine Read poem →
Tree branches whisper
A gentle unseen caress
Scents of blooms afar
Miriam Thor Read poem →
babbling summer creek
floating leaf with clever ant
must have surfing bug
Mia Middonte Read poem →
At vigil, a bird,
young, stands over his fallen
mother. Summer weeps.
Helen Dano Read poem →
Darkness, quiet rain
Train whistles in the distance
I think I can sleep
Eve Taft Read poem →
summer afternoon
tree and pond on lonely field
sky like baldachin
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
sudden morning storm
rolling thunder, heavy rain
frogs taking cover
Jody Larson Read poem →
Wind ruffles your hair
As you board the new school bus.
Where has the time gone?
Debra Kirouac Read poem →
I am wildfire.
I have the moon's howl inside.
The world turns away.
Heidemarie Brandes Read poem →
The moon and the stars
continue to shine their light
when all else seems dark
Patti Herman Read poem →
The wind smells like death,
I think of you breathing it--
The sound at low tide.
Karl Hakmiller Read poem →
Black-forked tongues spew hate
Mesmerize the credulous
Earth falls under weight
Michael Balletti Read poem →
heavy summer air
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so
Jodie Brown Read poem →
Fragile egos caught
On tree limbs like broken kites
Flapping in the wind
Beverly Head Read poem →
dark drifting wall-cloud
tendrils of rain trail below
backlit setting sun
Bill Melton Read poem →
leaden, heavy rain
pouring into the turned earth
shovel left to rust
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
midsummer snow squall
cottonwood pelts the windshield
in flights of fancy
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
what a mist upon
the mossed river. crocus blooms
beside grey-green stones.
Adele Wegner Read poem →
Maple leaf unfurls
New life open to the sun
Caterpillar bite
Renee Butner Read poem →
An intimate rain
Reaches suddenly to me
Out of a clear sky
Kelby Cottenie Read poem →
Diving pelicans
strike sea. Glistening, playful
ripples tag a child.
Heather Teague Read poem →
Female beekeeper
Trailing bees like smoke netted
Soft wind: so intent.
Robert Rinehart Read poem →
wooden bench, slats grayed
warped by summer sun and rain
our sanctuary
Jody Larson Read poem →
trimming donkey feet
summer sun behind rain clouds
I call with carrots
Michelle Holland Read poem →
Field beneath the sun
Colors of different hues
Red, yellow, green, blue.
Jacob Harrell Read poem →
A buoyant bird rests
Flapping its wings and chirping
Sparks optimism
Jackie Zedalis Read poem →
Macarthur Park Lake
a downtown LA jewel
broken glass needles
Renne Gardner Read poem →
rain on latte stone
ancient spiritual beat
my heart knows this song
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Rustling autumn leaves
Stick in the brown muddy earth
A tedious life
Kristyl Gravina Read poem →
meadow exhales heat
sluggish warm-bellied cows graze
lazy summer morn
Christa Planko Read poem →
In a forest grove
Flute-like tones echo brightly
Sound of a wood thrush
Ann Christine Tabaka Read poem →
Summer flowers grow
Feeling green grass underneath
Stars dot fading skies
Tyler Graham Read poem →
sun light in my room
catches the smoke you exhale
a rosette pattern
Sarah George Read poem →