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Animals & Wildlife Haiku Poems

Haiku observing animals, insects, and the traces wild creatures leave.

253 published haiku
Chaos in her eyes
infinity, dark and bright,
a snake and its tail.
David Witmer Read poem →
Under the pale moon
Swerving between my two legs
Cat attempts murder
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stained glass dragonfly
in the lightness in the darks
longing for true spring
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
clear night sky bright moon
exposed mouse-hole in border
cat paw tracks on soil
Helen May Williams Read poem →
Blossoms, butterflies.
Sharing time, space, and sunshine.
Peacefully silent.
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as I near the pond
the turtle head submerges
sky on still water
Michael Lyle Read poem →
Sunlight permeates
Cicadas echo in song
Snake basks in the heat
Julie Dickson Read poem →
Lean hungry eyes watch
A Lonely wolf stands waiting
Silent snowflakes fall
Phil Shearrer Read poem →
Pale against the snow
Remains of a cocky deer
Await hungry beasts
Kylie Benavides Read poem →
cat in the window
bathed in rare supermoonlight
wanting her dinner
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
a red-bellied snake
livid in the wet meadow
season of ripe plums
Anna Cates Read poem →
Great heron answers
streams of fish, shell, and sunlight.
Quick! A gasp of trout.
Michael H. Brownstein Read poem →
tops of Queen Anne's Lace
droop over the inner path
florets full of bees
Scott Caputo Read poem →
Yellow butterfly
beats sorrow against the wind
traveling alone
Neil Griffin Read poem →
Two girls call a dog
Water ruffles at sunset
Lake brims, heart opens
Amy Mevorach Read poem →
Venus flytrap grins
sweet petunia sings forte
bee's breakfast pastries
Julie Emmons Read poem →
She dreamt of a cat
Who would like to talk to her
Spoke of his headaches
Matthew Murphy-phillips Read poem →
The winged creatures lure
moonlight and stary draped skies
Woodnotes of the night
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
golden sunlight shards
pierce the silent forest floor
doe and fawn listen
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
sarawak orchids
where borneo butterflies
can hide in plain sight
Colin Campbell Read poem →
clouds passing above
pretend the houses below
are strange animals
Patrick Meighan Read poem →
Studying the eels
I recall Luke's gospel: snake
in lieu of a fish.
J.p. Murphy Read poem →
midwinter south beach
wind-driven sand moon-pulled waves
each dog bows then plays
Helen May Williams Read poem →
pink wild rose blossoms
lone traveler along road
bee bathes in pollen
Elaine Hunter Read poem →
a single heron
skimming over rough ploughed fields
- all the fish fossils
David Davies Read poem →
Hawk moth in the grass
Belly pressed to stem, to shoots.
Spring flutters my heart.
Nancy Grudens-schuck Read poem →
We are glowing bright
so the butterflies follow
and cover us both
Suzanna Quintana Read poem →
The soil bubbles up
Bees are out scouting
Yellow daffodils
Joseph J Kozma Read poem →
alert hare watches
ears up clover sun dining
with nervous cat thoughts
Gregg Dotoli Read poem →
In the midday sun;
A spider dragging its web
through the withered grass.
Martin Knabe Read poem →
On the desert road,
the setting sun paints me gold
a lonely fox cries.
Isabella Vasquez Read poem →
hawk with mouse alights
fence post's quiet tenancy
salutes carmine dawn
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Snow-white butterfly
Floats by on a summer breeze
Slowly melts away
Rowland Hill Read poem →
Two storks and a cat
Linens drying on the line
Summer on the farm
Joseph J Kozma Read poem →
fox tracks in old snow
pale sunlight through morning clouds --
planes out of Dulles
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
jumbo honey bee
bumbling out of my mailbox
drunk on Vogue nectar
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