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Flowers & Gardens Haiku Poems

Haiku among petals, blossoms, cultivated spaces, and things that grow.

319 published haiku
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
Valerie Staton Read poem →
My basil garden
Invaded with rosemary
Wards off mosquitos
Pj Amendolia Read poem →
Tiny buds open,
And then a lovely flower,
Soon a fading hue.
Paul C. Blake Read poem →
flowers we gathered
dying slowly in vases
they remember dirt
Dennis Herrell Read poem →
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
A bee-laden bloom
among so many roses;
why burden this one?
Gail Greenwood Read poem →
emerald garden
water, lush moss and ferns thrive
revitalizing
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
vibrant flowers bloom
opalescent wings flutter
feeding on nectar
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
still, murky water
underneath the plastic cup
a lotus blossom
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
My summer garden
Romaine lettuce straight and tall -
Friends come to my gate
Carl Redick Read poem →
Beneath a Peace rose,
Among the fallen petals
Ants in fierce battle.
Rlm Cooper Read poem →
Wine red blossom spikes
advertise nectar and rest
stop south-bound Monarchs.
Jerrold Narland Read poem →
poinsettia petals
water gushes from spigot
a fragrant breakup
Jr Vork Read poem →
Iris flaunting furls
rainbow fields of golden rings
bloom in perfumed eyes
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
damp-blackened branches
flooded woods brimming with drink
death rot sharp, blooming
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
stack-stone flower box
summer's lease drifting away -
first crisp yellow leaf
William Manion Read poem →
A ghost of the past,
Orange blossoms filigree
Florida's night air.
Stephanie Ascough Read poem →
hummingbird hovers
over flower's sweet nectar...
lost in the moment
Susan Gentry Read poem →
Flowers soaked in bleach -
The inviolate men drown
In floodtide waters.
Elby Rogers Read poem →
Angel-winged petals
lift lacey fern fronds, fat dew,
baptism at dawn
Dawn Sly-terpstra Read poem →
wind swept summer storm
dogwood tree in full blossom
pink petal cascade
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
Cactus garden blooms
Thorny greens, yellow wonders
Willy-Nilly charm
Madeline Lipton Read poem →
pollinators buzz
rhododendron blooms ablaze
summer coming soon
Kent Mcquillen Read poem →
unfamiliar sun
neighbors chat about roses
new warmth on our skin
Shasta Hatter Read poem →
Purple flowers bloom,
The moon watches them at night,
Moonlight keeps them safe.
Jolene Mcdonald Read poem →
leaf bud and blossom
the pulse of living returns
thought word and action
Tim Mueller Read poem →
Spring rains beat the ground
As flowers escape through cracks
In their asphalt tombs.
Brian George Read poem →
single orchid plant
encircled in a glass jar
bibles all around
Rebecca Howell Read poem →
night blooming jasmine
savors silky, hushed moonlight
scents soft summer nights
Dianne Moritz Read poem →
A budding flower
Born of callous sunlight's eye
Bearing august fruit
Clare Brown Read poem →
We marry in spring
Petals falling on threshold
Blossoms crown above
Wayne Barnes Read poem →
A fading flower,
losing color, vibrancy.
Youth's passion grows dim
Kirk Eckstine Read poem →
purple iris blooms
sprinkled with tiny dewdrops
outside my window
Deborah Dybowski Read poem →
overgrown garden -
your wife's cookbook unopened
since her early death
Juliet Wilson Read poem →
breeze intensifies
fluttering daisy petals
- whirlwind of delight
Roberta Beach Jacobson Read poem →
my first Texas spring
nature napped, yawned brown dust bloom
rebirth of rebirth
Sybil Ponnambalam Read poem →