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Solitude & Silence Haiku Poems

Quiet haiku of aloneness, stillness, listening, waiting, and inward attention.

326 published haiku
season's cold blanket
the muffled silence of night
hello winter moon
Andrew Sibbald Read poem →
I've become my dad
which is to say a spirit
destined for silence
Rene Mullen Read poem →
sitting in darkness
waiting for the next haiku
black cursor blinking
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
Still waters; a deer...
drinking in his reflection.
Narcissus in bloom.
Karen Berger Read poem →
alone on the porch
a man welcomes the morning
Spanish cedar flute
Ron. Lavalette Read poem →
yellow ginkgo leaves
tell the fall sky how it feels
to be so alone
Michael Galko Read poem →
A peaceful river
Through the chaos of my mind
Calms mind and body
Shirley Smothers Read poem →
Alone with my words,
trying to describe a life
I don't understand
Andrew Moore Read poem →
Silence on the beach.
Children winter underground.
Castles of bright coal.
Glenn Hubbard Read poem →
senior trees arc near
drawn together like magnets;
quiet love story
Suzanne Sakai Read poem →
Suspended halo
Ice crystals caress the moon
Frigid, hushed moon dogs
Suzanne Cottrell Read poem →
Undocumented.
Suffocating stillness lies.
Embers of hope rise.
Dayna Jessie Meyer Read poem →
The silence shatters
As gulls cry out to the dawn,
Signaling first light.
Zach Agnew Read poem →
The white rock sits still
Its heart beating fast and loud
At the sight of Fox
Jacob Hebior Read poem →
Blinding yellow sun
Attempts to hide the faint moon.
Still, it is present.
Heather Teague Read poem →
A summer ago
Echos of humming bees waltzed
Around my hushed mind
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
They co-existed
Feathery fronds still delight
T-Rex, not so much.
Carolyn Glynn Read poem →
Whippoorwill refrain
cuts through nocturnal silence
piercing hearts of woe
Susan Gentry Read poem →
Darkness, quiet rain
Train whistles in the distance
I think I can sleep
Eve Taft Read poem →
Nestled under wraps
Quiet light traces windows
I woke to Spring warmth
Crystal Goodman Read poem →
summer afternoon
tree and pond on lonely field
sky like baldachin
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Traveler's nightmare
Moose walking onto the road
In the still of night
Jackie Zedalis Read poem →
Fish swim through foundries
finally silent beneath
the rising waters
Andrew Davis Read poem →
Cherry blossom floats
Choking the stream to stillness
Spring suicide pact
Rob J Mann Read poem →
Time to meditate
Imagining the silence
My nose has an itch
Lucy Smyth Read poem →
Forgotten teddy
Sits lonely on a bookshelf
Until thunder booms
Maria Depaul Read poem →
Raindrops dimple ponds
Croaking frogs disturb silence
Night exhales morning
Dean Miller Read poem →
big fat snowflakes fall
silently to the pavement -
a streetlamp flickers
Daniel Kolb Read poem →
porridge in the pot
coffee in the silent mill
emptiness abounds
Jacob Riyeff Read poem →
You are with me now,
Spring. How long I have waited
to embrace your warmth.
Natasha Howard Read poem →
Blossoms, butterflies.
Sharing time, space, and sunshine.
Peacefully silent.
Gb Jones Read poem →
An Osprey Feather
Gliding Above Silent Dunes
Freedom on the Wind
Kate Alsbury Read poem →
Winter still hangs on
Flowers bloom and quickly die
Confused birds take flight
William Hartnett Read poem →
as I near the pond
the turtle head submerges
sky on still water
Michael Lyle Read poem →
pre-dawn solitude
in abandoned parking lot
idling Uber car
Kelly Sauvage Angel Read poem →
Mind's secluded place
Questioning reality
Abandoned, alone
Mary Smith Read poem →