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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,508 published haiku
At trail's crest, new views
Shining pond, dragonfly wings
Transcendent delights
Nancy Beam Read poem →
Naturally led,
those who listen to nature
follow their heartbeat
Nancy Moller Read poem →
lone cottonwood leaf
spirals in harsh summer heat
grass yellows loudly
Shay Wills Read poem →
Fall winds gust up skirts
Blowing high bright colored leaves
Exposing bare limbs.
Sharon O'bryan Read poem →
Warm-stemmed mint wind bends
Soft purple bursts of crocus
White rain spits silver
Gail Ghai Read poem →
late afternoon sun
through the used bookstore window
smell of old paper
Jessica Hoard Read poem →
Hibiscus flowers
Wither in the new darkness
Waiting for summer
Pj Amendolia Read poem →
jagged lightning streaks
scribble across darkened sky
low thunder mutters
Bill Melton Read poem →
Deer pause to listen -
Lullaby of wind whispers
Woodpecker applauds
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
Each day-night cycle
the earth turns itself around,
hokey pokey slave.
Wesley Sims Read poem →
rusted yellow truck
in a dandelion field
how bright the noon sun
Carrie Ann Thunell Read poem →
the groundskeeper roots
for the stray leaf skittering
from first to second
Stephen S. Power 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 →
cold mists carry scent
satisfied in scarlet snow
memories of spring
Daniel Tardona Read poem →
ribbon of silver
sky tangles high-rise dreams whirl
balloon hearts take flight
Darren Black Read poem →
fluttering leaves fall
creating blanket cover
now the earth can sleep
Tina Marsh Read poem →
a flock of starlings,
just so, like flecks of pepper
sprinkled on the moon
Michael Babcock Read poem →
the snail slips slowly
over a green garden hose
carrying its home
Joan Fingon Read poem →
The chirping of birds
heard in a forest of books
calms a troubled soul
Rachel Dupree Read poem →
the lake is glass calm
shimmering in the moment
I am at peace, love
Teresa Stankiewicz 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 →
Twisted are my thoughts
Like branches from the forest
Yet budding with hope
Ann Richards 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 →
black skeleton trees
winter bones against the snow
frantic geese fly south
Beth Mathison Read poem →
midnight serenade
velvet sky donned in diamonds
waltzing silouettes
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
caught yourself stumbling
I saw your shadow dance, love
with wild angel wings
Tim Mueller Read poem →
bumbling on flowers
extracting precious nectar
bees feeding freely
Susi Bocks Read poem →
From a wire fence
a rabbit slips underneath,
the garden thief rides.
Duane Anderson Read poem →
Leaves swept into piles
Toddlers jump in to toss them
Happily scattered
Maria Depaul Read poem →
above the waters,
over deciduous trees,
covenant rainbow
Valerie Staton Read poem →
the last leaves of fall
selflessly fall giving way
to winter brethren
Chris Cross Read poem →