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Love & Romance Haiku Poems

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

205 published haiku
ostensible love
specious, without exception
obstinate sorrow
Shaun Pate Read poem →
Black winter roses
Their crimson slowly faded
Sorrows in my heart
Kristyl Gravina Read poem →
Misty sky and sea
Kiss amidst the horizon
Breathing in sunsets
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
Failure is love's art
I work like Jackson Pollock
Splattering the paint
Patrick Pineyro Read poem →
I give my blue heart
to the bird of paradise
this night of endings
Shelly Reed Thieman Read poem →
Hanging water orbs
web necklace of cool-kissed mist
only air could wear
Timothy Bennett Read poem →
staring into flames
an old man and his old wife
their dancing shadows
John Hawkhead Read poem →
Two girls call a dog
Water ruffles at sunset
Lake brims, heart opens
Amy Mevorach Read poem →
Lovely bride wore white
Deception then reception
Truth unveiled disclosed
Mary Smith Read poem →
everyday my heart
longs for haiku from my wife
o flesh of my flesh!
Jacob Riyeff Read poem →
I watched you sleeping
Dreaming of the night we had
Such powerful love
Philip Harrison Read poem →
Dark deeps with wet shoes
Dying pressure from harsh love
Birthday cake sliced thin
Nicholas Dangelo Read poem →
Violinist heart
Strings stretched 'cross her open chest
Lonely lullaby
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
Moon in the window
Whispers turn to city fog
Hear the world, kiss me
Maisie Williams Read poem →
dusty love letters
feelings abandoned in March
decorate my floor
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
Hawk moth in the grass
Belly pressed to stem, to shoots.
Spring flutters my heart.
Nancy Grudens-schuck Read poem →
cuts so deep in flesh
our hearts and souls now dying
humanity's loss
Jody T. Morse Read poem →
through the rapeseed fields -
browsing through wedding photos
former bride and groom
Ana Drobot Read poem →
Feather-light, haiku
descend on the sleeping heart,
then close their talons
Neil Harrison Read poem →
Heart, bare, frozen shut;
like the yonder river's ice,
still forevermore.
Tine Heraldo Read poem →
The hollow heart cries
Seeking a true companion
A wagging tail calls
Drew Blazure Read poem →
my soul's sinews strain,
mustang heart seethes wanderlust,
lovingly unkempt.
Abigail Van Kirk Read poem →
wind tossed lace curtains?
marriage of cabbage and brine
six green canning jars
Anna Cates Read poem →
The lily felt loved
'till the bee pollinated
again and again.
Hayli Cox Read poem →
sparrow-heart, darling
do you drink from the river?
taking stones inside
Lucy Ryan Read poem →
The leaves make my heart
Jump. The flowers make me sing.
Life is beautiful.
Thomas Beck Read poem →
Carolina pine
Biscuits covered in gravy
At home the heart smiles
Drew Blazure Read poem →
Diffuse morning light
Cobweb adorned dewy grass
Autumn's early kiss
Iris Peters Read poem →
morning without song
heart shaped leaves a deeper red
an autumn day dawns
Joyce Lorenson Read poem →
Granite trail, steep climb
Soundless, as dying leaves fall
My heart beats walking
Jeff Lahr Read poem →
Dawn. I watch the light
orb rising, transporting love
and a vacant seat.
Cliff Green Read poem →
Afternoon- sunshine.
Here come the daily rainclouds,
like jealous lovers.
Troy Cunio Read poem →
hippies at night gig -
beating to different rhythms
the wind and their hearts
Ana Drobot Read poem →
the sun covers me
warming my soul as always
with mercy and love
Linda Jenkinson Read poem →
pandora of fire
set beyond the depths of love
forgotten desire
Caroline Nazareno Read poem →
Shimmering night light
Would you sing me a love song
Of love lost and found
Olutayo Osunsan Read poem →