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Ocean & Water Haiku Poems

Haiku moving through oceans, rain, rivers, ponds, and reflective water.

527 published haiku
Dolphin surfer girl
Intimate sea connection
Makes each wave her own
Donna Roy Read poem →
Silence. Cars passing.
Tea bag crests the brown water.
A sober evening.
Isaac Eustice Read poem →
The sound of the sea
Poetry to my psyche
Siren's song to soul
Shirley Smothers Read poem →
Winter where we are
Brings a steady wash of rain
Nobody complains
Michael Gorkin Read poem →
toes covered in sand
waves rush ashore, then retreat
my serenity
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
From ice skimmed waters
Mists rise, fusing earth with sky
Under splintered moon
Mary Crane Fahey Read poem →
smoking in the rain
up on the old Ford tractor...
hating the thunder
Michael Flanagan Read poem →
A white flag of foam
Waves far into the distance
Yielding sun to sea
Alisdair Hodgson Read poem →
Words collapse on tongues--
wicker baskets of water--
without poetry.
David Estringel Read poem →
steady rise and fall
ocean seems to be breathing
as if it's alive
Bill Melton Read poem →
sunshine beaten grass
longsweating mass of labor
softly river run
Che Pieper Read poem →
late summer twilight
far across this empty lake
two or three voices
Sean O'connor Read poem →
Sunlight creating
Crystals, dancing on the waves
Infinite Spirit
Nanette Saylor Read poem →
Flowers soaked in bleach -
The inviolate men drown
In floodtide waters.
Elby Rogers Read poem →
Another evening...
A file of yellow poplars
under the spring rain
María Guzmán Read poem →
Creek water is high
Still enough space on warm rock
Turtle sleeps in sun
Stephen Gretzer Read poem →
Rough water, summer
Spring. The splashing of children.
Tanning old women.
Connor Bjotvedt Read poem →
Heavy clouds spit rain
strong winds creating havoc
mother nature's rant
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
thunderstorm brewing
rain tapping at my window
the tea kettle hums
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Seashore turtle clutch
Tight knit family unit
Hatchling swims away
Maria Depaul Read poem →
the smell of chestnuts
roasting - on the cool sea mist
assaults my senses
Barbara Martens Read poem →
burning horizons
shooting stars, electric rain
- cretaceous magic
Russell Hemmell Read poem →
roadside primroses
politely wave, passing car
unnoticed, alone
Bill Melton Read poem →
Turquoise feathers glint
Contemplating their kingdom
Jewels of the Lake
Vyomi Malik Read poem →
Drift in willow's weep,
Steeping in a bristling stream.
Intersections shift.
Elazar Abraham Read poem →
wet honeysuckles -
behind, the bay has vanished
in gray rain and fog
Desiree Aspiras Read poem →
self-educated
the water buffalo knows
the rocky road home
George Ochsenfeld Read poem →
Wash sin from his soul
Dipped into a river stream
Born into a lie
Jeffrey Daniel Furst Read poem →
I am lost ashore
Waiting to return to sea
Heavy, sallow, raw.
Mark Tulin Read poem →
Billowing white sheets
grow tame beneath the dark clouds
as the rain comes clean
Idynne Macinnes Read poem →
sudden wind rises
tiny, silver ripples dance
across city pond
Shasta Hatter Read poem →
Low tide on the breeze
Sun inches up with promise
Salt troubles old wounds
Daria Moyer Read poem →
the moon's scythe has cleaved
the pregnant lake to reveal
an indigo lust
Emily Ellison Read poem →
cricket in my wall
safe from freezing rain and wind
calling for a friend
Jody Larson Read poem →
rain-filled clouds push in
blanketing a fiery sun.
unquenched light cascades...
Chanacee Ruth-killgore Read poem →
Silver raindrop hangs
Sun-kissed, it falls to the wind
Carried down to earth
Kelci Jones Read poem →