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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

Celestial haiku looking upward to daylight, night skies, and distant light.

754 published haiku
Backlit by the moon
Stark skeleton of branches
Pierce the evening sky
Bill Melton Read poem →
the last dregs of snow
live and die by the Sun's glance-
feeding daffodils
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
my flower garden
once again in its full bloom -
watching falling stars
Ana Drobot Read poem →
The first green of spring
protruding from snow and soil-
presents from the Sun
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
You wake me gently
reach to me and warm my skin
Good morning sun ray
Sarah Lunsford Read poem →
Balance of nature
The sun rises, the sun sets
All in symmetry
Mark Volz Read poem →
Early morning chores
Orion fills the West sky
I fill grain buckets
Tyler Pierce Read poem →
all yellow leaves flee
the cold birch limbs above me
stars sprout on her twigs
Tyson West Read poem →
Nebulous shadows
Of moonlight slowly swaying
To a gentle breeze
Bill Melton Read poem →
Beauty, so fragile
Dependent on warming sun
I ache to touch you.
Julie Laing Read poem →
cold lonely day--sky
a seamless gray canopy
your knock on the door
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
a light west wind blows,
blind to large looming black clouds,
young boys crab at dusk.
Pamela Corbett Read poem →
a ghost of herself
the doe treads on damp mosses
just before sunrise
Barbara Tate Read poem →
Sunset-splattered peach
Bleeding end-of-summer wine -
A tree hangover
Michelle Burchett Read poem →
Sun-lit windows, each
a brief torch against the world
of nicks and splinters
James Roderick Burns Read poem →
hiding in her voice
susurrations of heaven
raindrops sing backup
C. Z. Heyward Read poem →
White crystal shrouded
Crisp beautiful blades of green
Gone with morning sun
Carl Oman Read poem →
Moon rides on the waves
Night after night ritual
Walking in the sand
Joseph J Kozma Read poem →
clouds on clouds, waves on
waves in the summer sunset
footprints in the sand
Nancy May Read poem →
A stone's drought whispers
As it lies amidst the sun
Dry in summer's end
John Hutchinson Read poem →
Don't seek my presence
And compare it to heaven,
Rather stay grounded
Chris A Ruiz Read poem →
Sun shining? Grey clouds?
Wind? Is it going to rain?
Miami Weather
Hashenaa Francois Read poem →
Patterns in the sky
Ripples replace reflections
Stillness is silenced
Yanee Amador Read poem →
sun's brilliant sparkle
turquoise blue ocean abounds
pelicans gliding
Joan Gove Read poem →
Floating through the sky
Red and yellow orange and blue
A hot air balloon.
Ben Tapp Read poem →
Alfalfa buds bloom
Purple in the morning sun
Winter arrives soon
Robin Sprafka Read poem →
white bark of aspens
powdered with antler velvet-
autumn moon shadows
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
Pastel-painted sky,
white wisps of cirrus soaring,
palace for the moon.
Hayli Cox Read poem →
White moonlight slivers
Reveal diamonds on blue waves
Bright nocturnal gems
Sarah Lunsford Read poem →
palm tree fronds slapping
violent Santa Anas
a sinister moon
Abra Deering Norton Read poem →
we feel it coming
raindrops bursting in moon dust
mud soon, mud always
Dennis Lowe Read poem →
A tired old house
weeds are kissing the dull sky
not too much time left
Joseph J Kozma Read poem →
your eyes fill with tears
let me go winter daughter
to my Moon River
Robin Sprafka Read poem →
Warm summer rains pass,
skies are clear again: why not
forgiveness so swift?
Kineret Yardena Read poem →
Seagull cuts into
a bar of obstinate sun,
casts his own shadow
James Roderick Burns Read poem →
bright sun, burning earth
bench in the shade, wind blowing -
life philosophy
Ana Drobot Read poem →