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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,527 published haiku
soft breeze caresses
rosebush birthing infant buds
sun kisses sweet babes
Mary R. P. Schutter Read poem →
blue sky lying down -
tourists' selfies disturbing
the sound of the rain
Ana Drobot Read poem →
painting wild flowers
blooms that can never be tamed
on land or canvas
Beverly Head Read poem →
Branches fight for sun
reaching skyward; mushrooms rest
on the forest floor.
Brandon Crupi Read poem →
Sun pokes through the clouds
Casting water images
Reflections of you
Jackie Zedalis Read poem →
Happy, salient times
Golden rays of morning sun
Silver glow of dusk
Bruce Levine Read poem →
abandoned bird nests
perch on top of leafless trees
my bones feel the cold
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
Chirping spring peepers
Bullfrogs' deep guttural croaks
Silenced by the wind
Suzanne Cottrell Read poem →
Night drinks horizon
Ocean stirs moon's reflection
Shooting stars streak by
Dean Miller Read poem →
clear night sky bright moon
exposed mouse-hole in border
cat paw tracks on soil
Helen May Williams Read poem →
Shimmering droplets
Prism pearls upon green blades
Nature's refreshment
Suzanne Cottrell Read poem →
The moon's silhouette
Fades away in the distance
Forgotten nightfall
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
The artist brush drips
Silenced by nature's beauty
Oh, abandoned heart
Dave Del Grande Read poem →
Rain is romantic
the umbrella moved aside
for the wettest kiss
Lorraine Cipriano Read poem →
Winter melts away
Like a song lost in the wind
Birds come soaring home
Angela Sargent Read poem →
black skies , scattered rain
a glimpse of my guilty heart
shrouded by darkness
Colby Serra Read poem →
Waves pummel the rocks,
sea spray sent to drown the sky.
Lightning burns through clouds.
Jeff Harbrow Read poem →
An Osprey Feather
Gliding Above Silent Dunes
Freedom on the Wind
Kate Alsbury Read poem →
Winter still hangs on
Flowers bloom and quickly die
Confused birds take flight
William Hartnett Read poem →
Daffodils in bloom.
Earth renews; spring has begun.
Miss you all the time.
Teresa Farmer Read poem →
rusting horizon
trees beneath the rising moon,
mists from autumn lungs
Ayden Cole Read poem →
geese hunkering down
next to wind rippled puddles . . .
shoppers scurrying
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
The aspen tree bleeds
her bloomed petals of fire
confetti the wind.
Eve Chilicas Read poem →
The moon lights the stage
Grains of sand dance through the air
Turtles meet the sea
James Pitcher Read poem →
night birds cry warning
beneath these moon-dancing waves
Leviathan sleeps
Jimi Bernath Read poem →
red-robed cardinal
posing in naked pear tree
cloaked by winter dusk
Daun Daemon Read poem →
The sky black with cold
Icy white stars glittering
Sunrise too distant
Jody Larson Read poem →
wings beating the air
moonlight slipping through cloud breaks
winds travelling west
Michael Canfield Read poem →
shadows seep early
pool night into the garden
shoots grow in the gloom
Lesley Mace Read poem →
as I near the pond
the turtle head submerges
sky on still water
Michael Lyle Read poem →
swirling skiff of snow
leaps and spins on windy gusts
a phantom ballet
Warren Reinecke Read poem →
first snow of winter:
I lace up my father's boots
and my mother cries
Scott Hotaling Read poem →
Sky, darkened blood, lit
By gauzy silk, saffron bands
Tight around full moon
Mary Crane Fahey Read poem →
dawning of the day
negligee at her ankles
the sun for her crown
Frank Cavano Read poem →
The snow is falling,
the smell of cookies and pine
fill the Christmas air.
Melissa Oshiro Read poem →
the etchings of dawn
mellow on the autumn sky
each stroke a facade
Susan Gale Wickes Read poem →