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Love & Romance Haiku Poems

Haiku about affection, desire, partnership, and intimate distances.

205 published haiku
Match stick; sand paper
Scrape together, spark, and flame
A kiss in summer
Beverly Green Read poem →
Wife's whip leaving marks
his eyes fixated upon
his mother's picture.
Rp Verlaine Read poem →
faded stars above
streetlights and lovers downtown
night of love and art
Josslyn Turner Read poem →
overgrown garden -
your wife's cookbook unopened
since her early death
Juliet Wilson Read poem →
Leaden anchor heart
Afloat for now, but drowning
Silent SOS
Erin Werner Read poem →
A chill wind brings tears
Nothing brings light to the heart
Like a happy dog
Marcus Vance Read poem →
starlight gazing down
a thousand kisses landing
our souls are glowing
Michael Feil Read poem →
Peppermint mocha;
our lips tingle with softness.
Caffeine-triggered kiss.
Cassie Ciopryna Read poem →
Indestructible
the youthful heart knows no fear
until its first break
Paul Jones Read poem →
In the still of night,
heart's beat and body's base sounds
like a distant rave
Hannah-rose Tristram Read poem →
feisty raindrops lash
my window, like fingernails
on my lovers back
Qandeel Shaam Read poem →
slow soft music plays
a candlelight's reflection
in my lover's eyes
Robert Mcmanes Read poem →
Silver raindrop hangs
Sun-kissed, it falls to the wind
Carried down to earth
Kelci Jones Read poem →
dawn in Kyoto
dew kissed Sakura branches
an early embrace
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Green leaves in sunlight
burn the Buddha image bright
right inside her heart
Lorraine Cipriano Read poem →
Fire and fruit wine
Sleepy sisters in my arms
We speak heart secrets
Rachel Teferet Read poem →
Frosty silver lakes
Ice skating over my heart
Bitterly cutting
Mary Smith Read poem →
Forehead kiss goodnight
Enveloped in sincere love
Adrift in your eyes
Erin Werner Read poem →
senior trees arc near
drawn together like magnets;
quiet love story
Suzanne Sakai Read poem →
Genuflect in awe
Prostrate to the grace of God
On my knees---for love
Erin Werner Read poem →
Tutus swirl on high
A pas de deaux unfolding
clouds embrace sunlight
Carl Maier Read poem →
The white rock sits still
Its heart beating fast and loud
At the sight of Fox
Jacob Hebior Read poem →
My heart, like dead leaves
downfallen, trampled afoot
broken troth of spring
Sharla Anderson Read poem →
Whippoorwill refrain
cuts through nocturnal silence
piercing hearts of woe
Susan Gentry Read poem →
In a park at night
Sleepless lovers dance and laugh.
Sprinklers--they don't mind.
Daniel Senser Read poem →
heavy summer air
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so
Jodie Brown Read poem →
Long summer of love
Beatles wail about Pepper
I'm born premature
Michael Salpeter Read poem →
rain on latte stone
ancient spiritual beat
my heart knows this song
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Love?s the strangest thing
petals made of ash and lace
break through cold, hard earth
Rachel Blackmon Read poem →
salty ocean breeze
palm trees shadow sun-kissed skin
coconut heaven
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
soft breeze caresses
rosebush birthing infant buds
sun kisses sweet babes
Mary R. P. Schutter Read poem →
You are with me now,
Spring. How long I have waited
to embrace your warmth.
Natasha Howard 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 →
black skies , scattered rain
a glimpse of my guilty heart
shrouded by darkness
Colby Serra Read poem →
My thumbs at the seam,
The apricot yields to me.
Grace has a dark heart.
Yvonne Zipter Read poem →