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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,508 published haiku
morning summer breeze
a concentric draft ascends
white oak leaves tremble
Dennis Thompson Read poem →
pretty history?
we leaf through books to find it
the page is torn out
Janet Mccann Read poem →
in my apple tree
the blossoms getting closer -
new baby shower
Ana Drobot Read poem →
The master inscribes.
The past, reborn, signs the page:
Footprints melt the snow.
Nick Stewart Read poem →
above the treetops
a scattering of swallows
cross the summer moon
Tracy Davidson Read poem →
autumn butterflies
the warm golds and crisp crimsons
I mistook for leaves
Tracy Davidson Read poem →
The spring wind dances
Through the pines dislodging cones.
The earth glows and swells.
Cecil Geary Read poem →
Wolf on Highway 2
dissolves into the forest
like a bell, unrung
Marc Beaudin Read poem →
midnight illusion
leafy branches reach skyward
holding moon aloft
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
a sly red fox hides
under the magnolia ?
patches of old snow
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
Fragrant, fertile earth
cloaks of compassion cover
multitudes of sin
Allison Cowzer Read poem →
Against my window
rain taps veiled time signatures
ebbing me to sleep.
Nicholas Ling Read poem →
a dying flower
wilted petals fall earthbound
resurrection comes
Johnny Franco Read poem →
heavenly beauty
suspended in the night sky
woeful baying wolf
Johnny Franco Read poem →
The well-spring in May
bubbles its sweet aroma
jealous flowers bloom
Bryan Verdi Read poem →
The steel against stone,
Dirt caking your pants and face,
You knock at Earth's heart.
Mandy Brown Read poem →
walking clasping hands
twilight trail circles the lake
fog oroboros
Tyson West Read poem →
Mighty redwood tree
canopies that reach for miles
humbled by their size
Sarah Lunsford Read poem →
Wheat stubble in snow
Interrupts a field of white
Nature needs a shave
Bill Melton Read poem →
A weak winter sun
Vainly struggles to burn through
Winter's icy fog
Bill Melton Read poem →
Backlit by the moon
Stark skeleton of branches
Pierce the evening sky
Bill Melton Read poem →
the last dregs of snow
live and die by the Sun's glance-
feeding daffodils
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
my flower garden
once again in its full bloom -
watching falling stars
Ana Drobot Read poem →
The first green of spring
protruding from snow and soil-
presents from the Sun
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
You may have felt it
An undulating mountain
Terra from ashes
Quinn Li Read poem →
wind of change blowing
ruffling feathers, teasing wings
the fates are spinning
Hazel Riley Read poem →
Morning dew settles
silver on the last fall leaf?
soon death for rebirth.
Nicholas Finch Read poem →
You wake me gently
reach to me and warm my skin
Good morning sun ray
Sarah Lunsford Read poem →
cool swirl of water
churning in the river's crook--
she laughs up the bank
Kent Travis Read poem →
Balance of nature
The sun rises, the sun sets
All in symmetry
Mark Volz Read poem →
this curtained darkness
something about the silence-
overnight snow drifts
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
Lichen covered tree
sides most stunted and deprived
lessons make us wise
Allison Cowzer Read poem →
Fresh, gentle, Spring breeze
Tides of tears roll out to sea
A new beginning
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
Early morning chores
Orion fills the West sky
I fill grain buckets
Tyler Pierce Read poem →
Leopards hunt silent
the breeze carries leaves gone by
the Fox dies alone
Rachel Lewis Read poem →
snow fallen branches
sway in a cold breeze, feathers
ruffle in a nest
Nancy May Read poem →