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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

Celestial haiku looking upward to daylight, night skies, and distant light.

754 published haiku
the herring swoops low,
slicing the water-mirror -
fracturing sunset
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
jagged lightning streaks
scribble across darkened sky
low thunder mutters
Bill Melton Read poem →
rusted yellow truck
in a dandelion field
how bright the noon sun
Carrie Ann Thunell Read poem →
how the wide river
always submits to the sea
halo of the moon
Clifford Rames Read poem →
Floating butterfly
Fresh feathery wings hold her
Poised in the blue sky
Suzy Kenway Read poem →
ribbon of silver
sky tangles high-rise dreams whirl
balloon hearts take flight
Darren Black Read poem →
baseball on TV
sound of bats making contact
under clear blue skies
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
a flock of starlings,
just so, like flecks of pepper
sprinkled on the moon
Michael Babcock Read poem →
yellow sunflowers
paradise to many birds
turn to face the sun
Laura Steidl Read poem →
the harvest moon shines
solitary traveler
stops to rest awhile
Kathryn Lea Temple Read poem →
saffroned winter sun
caught amid the leafless trees
sky of frosting clouds
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
earth bows to the sun
prelude to a masterpiece
spring fills its palette
Patricia Pella Read poem →
geese fly overhead
at the cabin dusk settles
a silent river
Jr Vork Read poem →
Window candles glow
Lighthouse beams guide sailing ships
Moon plays with the stars
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
midnight serenade
velvet sky donned in diamonds
waltzing silouettes
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
sun spills burgundy
sea drunk on late summer light
waves stumble on rocks
John C. Mannone Read poem →
Swollen russet heads
nod sun-stained petals to earth
in summer's last sigh
Shellie Austin Read poem →
Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.
Emilia Rosa Read poem →
heavy clouds descend
beach plunges into gray gloom
sky is lost at sea
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
Madeline Lee-mabe Read poem →
I dream while night sleeps
stars come and drink from my hand
love simple abounds
Tim Mueller Read poem →
Open road stretching
Sunshine paled by dark lenses
The spice of freedom
Chris Wood Read poem →
Your rich white spotlight
Throws wavy pink stripes westward
Once in a blue moon
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
Hollowed out logs lie
sun-drenched within a clearing-
stress evaporates.
James Howard Read poem →
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
Valerie Staton Read poem →
bees flit through velvet
sway of sedge and pink foxglove
sun-dried clouds soak earth
Fatima Ammar Read poem →
trees swollen with leaves
a red ball low in the sky
crimson foliage
Sylvia Semel Read poem →
on old sand scrubbed brick
senorita arching high
loves miles of blue sky
Amber Dennis Read poem →
Under a half-moon
is a determined cricket
live and in concert
Billy Tuggle Read poem →
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Fireflies dancing
The stars play a melody
Only lovers know
Jessica Degamo Read poem →
dawn meditation
laughing at my arrogance
little brother loon
Michael Flanagan Read poem →
I'm starting over
just like every day does
sunrise, a bird song
Sandra Evans Read poem →
Stubs of brown corn stalks.
Songbirds silently wend south.
Clouds lower the sky.
David Anthony Sam Read poem →
waiting for the post
the sun preening like a bird
fourth tuesday of june
Pearl Kline Read poem →
Gold floods morning sky.
Black night sheds star-swept lining.
Onward comes the day.
Deborah Svatos Read poem →