Animals & Wildlife Haiku Poems

while you've been gone
I share the porch with spider
as we both keep watch

Michael Flanagan Read poem →

Butterfly wings flap
Touch base on zinnia sweets
Spirits soar, hope sprouts

Madeline Lipton Read poem →

Dolphin surfer girl
Intimate sea connection
Makes each wave her own

Donna Roy Read poem →

cloudless winter sky
shimmering sun points on snow
sculpted rabbit tracks

Richard Bailly Read poem →

ray of sunshine
the dog digs
beneath the carpet

Maria Chiara Miduri Read poem →

Your smile is honey
Like a bee I need my fix
Too sweet to resist

Stormy Smith Read poem →

Vibrating membranes,
Cicada's chirring tymbals
Mimic tinnitus

Nelson Hard Read poem →

cold winter evening
buck-deer stands in churchyard light
his breath comes in clouds

Kent Mcquillen Read poem →

cave painters paint pure
adorn walls with animals
making hunting safe

Kennard Balme Read poem →

blue dark bows to light
barn owl glides away to sleep
field mouse skitters free

Judith Mcginn Read poem →

Old cat purrs softly
Within aging, wrinkled arms.
It is Winter now.

Rlm Cooper Read poem →

Creek water is high
Still enough space on warm rock
Turtle sleeps in sun

Stephen Gretzer Read poem →

butterflies play tag
in and out the backyard bush
the yellow one wins

Beverly Head Read poem →

female attraction
incessant male mating choir
cicada debut

Susan Gentry Read poem →

wild honeysuckle
entice butterflies and bees
on pasture fences

Susan Gentry Read poem →

far side of the bed,
the little dog's little breath
where you used to lie

Greg Hill Read poem →

Seashore turtle clutch
Tight knit family unit
Hatchling swims away

Maria Depaul Read poem →

walking in the fog
steps ahead, the dog dissolves
the red leash remains

Louise Lynch Read poem →

deer season predawn
I pray the skill to bring death
and win forgiveness

Michael Flanagan Read poem →

three-thirty school bus
our kids long gone to college
dog waits at front door

Rebecca Kane Read poem →

eight snowy egrets
fish in the Bayou Pierre
glass, cans, a car door

Elisabeth Liebert Read poem →

A chill wind brings tears
Nothing brings light to the heart
Like a happy dog

Marcus Vance Read poem →

moss covered ant bed
greening the hiding queen's home
lawn mowers look out

Kennard Balme Read poem →

A frog in the porch-
trying to escape the cold
Finding no relief

Jackie Zedalis Read poem →

cricket in my wall
safe from freezing rain and wind
calling for a friend

Jody Larson Read poem →

yellow wings outstretched
butterfly tries to capture
weak autumn sunshine

Bill Melton Read poem →

Still waters; a deer...
drinking in his reflection.
Narcissus in bloom.

Karen Berger Read poem →

Yelping coyotes
chase October's gibbous moon
Dog woofs softly, once

Sherry Simpson Read poem →

grey noise of airplane
deep green cicada night song
synesthetic air

Adele Wegner Read poem →

The white rock sits still
Its heart beating fast and loud
At the sight of Fox

Jacob Hebior Read poem →

A summer ago
Echos of humming bees waltzed
Around my hushed mind

Maricela Rosas Read poem →

babbling summer creek
floating leaf with clever ant
must have surfing bug

Mia Middonte Read poem →

from honeysuckle
shrub to honeysuckle shrub
monarch butterfly

Sandra Barnett Read poem →

A sanctuary
Butterflies can fly freely
Within their cages

Jackie Zedalis Read poem →

Fish swim through foundries
finally silent beneath
the rising waters

Andrew Davis Read poem →

Female beekeeper
Trailing bees like smoke netted
Soft wind: so intent.

Robert Rinehart Read poem →