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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,508 published haiku
Earth turns to winter
Tree line falls; skyline rises
Fresh fallen asphalt
Robert Quintana Read poem →
a silver-tongued brook
wheat field whispers in the wind
fingertips trace Braille.
Laura Gatzow Read poem →
morning without song
heart shaped leaves a deeper red
an autumn day dawns
Joyce Lorenson Read poem →
Silver light fishes
Leaping sparks on the water
Cast down from the sun
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
snowflake minuet
white laden tranquility
nature's gift of peace
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
Interrogation
Tree echoes the woodpecker
Reverberation
Rick Hartwell Read poem →
I give no grumble
Hearing the thunder and rain
Thankful for this warmth
Peter Nolan Read poem →
Dewy chilly morn,
Sun begins to warm the earth-
Horse whinnies hello.
Rick Hurst Read poem →
Half a rabbit seen
by full moon. The unseen half?
Rabbit all the same.
John Macdonald Read poem →
Granite trail, steep climb
Soundless, as dying leaves fall
My heart beats walking
Jeff Lahr Read poem →
harvest moon beckons
spring tide crests aureate banks
brown leaves ride her wake
C. Z. Heyward Read poem →
lemon-rhubarb hair
cascades as we pirouette
atop crimson leaves
Teresa Becket Read poem →
October sunset
cold fog rises from the earth
among the tombstones
Anna Cates Read poem →
grey day tossing clouds
maple leaves spin across yards
motion absent change
David Miller Read poem →
snow laced window pane
cardinal perched on barren bough
winter solitude
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
House on deep water
drops fall, craters dot the earth
sand splashes upward.
Erin Castaldi Read poem →
Crows devil the sky
Torn old rags of sooty wings
Ghosts of Strathnaver
Alastair Jackson Read poem →
in memoriam
white roses among the red
garden gloves she wore
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
Summer humid haze
Cloaking the earth in white gauze
Of sleepy tumor
Bill Melton Read poem →
A tawny blanket
Undulating as the wind
Strokes the winter wheat
Bill Melton Read poem →
her letters reflect
the beating sun and flutter
thousands of miles, here
Dennis Lowe Read poem →
snow and cherry tree
snow falling on red round orbs
winter in the spring
Caleb Coy Read poem →
Waxing and waning
the moon and I are the same
caught in ebb and flow
Jayshree Iyer Read poem →
Far is the far shore,
Lines of which stretch farther still,
River between us.
Jamie Wimberly Read poem →
Presto! A flower
song that makes you beautiful ?
wear my fingers raw.
Cliff Green Read poem →
Memory sinks teeth
marrow-aching agony
sharper bite than wind
Gabriella Giugliano Read poem →
the birch trees turn first
pale yellow among the green:
empty lifeguard chair
Deborah Guzzi Read poem →
this year summer flames
washington wails with no tears
warm hot wind blows west
Zachary Malone Read poem →
red roses in mud
pink sky dripping falling stars
sparrow shakes a worm
Ronald Jones Read poem →
under a tree while
sun burns as on primal day
shadows dance with wind
Ronald Jones Read poem →
fish beneath dark waves
thunderclouds invade the sky
you stay safe below
Tara Burnham Read poem →
Frost binds to bare trees.
Bleak dew covers the morning.
A life forgotten.
Clare Richard Read poem →
Sunscreen and sea smell
Hot sand touches little toes
Baby's first beach day
Laura Alexandra Hunter Read poem →
Roiling sky above
Calm lagoon yields today's catch
Distant man watching
Carolyn Fields Read poem →
Japanese maple --
the garden Buddha's Bodhi
in late summer light
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
mountain alpenglow
addicted to sweet rosebuds
all dreams a treasure
Paul Hellweg Read poem →