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Trees & Forests Haiku Poems

Haiku rooted among trunks, branches, leaves, woodland paths, and shade.

519 published haiku
Rustling leaves whisper
Exposes hidden silence
Moon appears to smile
Dean Miller Read poem →
Palm trees, fruit cocktails,
Sunglasses like black candy,
Tropical party.
Jolene Mcdonald Read poem →
raindrops tap the leaves
sounding a cosmic rhythm-
worms rise to listen
Brett Dixon Read poem →
last summer's beech leaves
hang tough in the heavy snow -
they're stubborn that way
David Richardson Read poem →
crisp cool air blowing
colored leaves snap between toes
autumn imminent
Joan Fingon Read poem →
smiling summer falls
autumnal leaves pale and pass
weary winter springs
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
farewell to winter-
old trees adorn new garments
spring's ribbons of light
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
My seventy third
Christmas under a real tree
Toys in the attic
Jack Donahue Read poem →
Dead trees darkened skies
Winter silhouettes invert
Sparklers in July
Nicholas Campbell Read poem →
Trees are whispering
a song of pure solitude
on a winter day.
Mariangela Canzi Read poem →
The odd crooked tree
In society's forest
Is the living soul
Nicholas Lopez Read poem →
damp-blackened branches
flooded woods brimming with drink
death rot sharp, blooming
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
Snow on a full moon;
The bare branches click lightly
And then all is still.
Ian Sims Read poem →
Traveling I look-
up! Leaves swaying, wind blowing,
Upon my red cheeks!
Ashley Jones Read poem →
stack-stone flower box
summer's lease drifting away -
first crisp yellow leaf
William Manion Read poem →
fallen maple leaf
cradled in her tiny hand
autumn lullaby
Patricia Pella Read poem →
A brown leaf shivers
atop the barren maple
the wind ushers home
Rosemary Oliver Read poem →
Crickets chirp madly
Leaves brown upon thin branches
Hope lives in fair nights
Amy Fletcher Read poem →
Sitting in a tree
blowing dandelion seeds
spreading puffs of heart
Rene Mullen Read poem →
slightest of breezes
raindrops tumble leaf to leaf
trees shuffling papers
Tim Mueller Read poem →
The woods beckon me,
come in, look around, enjoy.
No exit assured.
Barry Dickson Read poem →
In the midst of night
Moonlight shines over the trees
Branches whispering
Jackie Zedalis Read poem →
Breezes in the trees
Testify to happiness
Once again renewed
Bruce Levine Read poem →
Love is not fragile
or tender. Love hoists boulders,
bursts dams, uproots trees
Jody Larson Read poem →
wind swept summer storm
dogwood tree in full blossom
pink petal cascade
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
Sudden gusts of wind
Portend a Summer downpour
Lightning splits an oak
Maria Depaul Read poem →
Muggy summer air
Any thought of breeze is stalled
Trees dream of swaying
Julie Dickson Read poem →
morning fog retreats
leaves behind sparkling jewels
on the cobweb strands
Bill Melton Read poem →
leaf bud and blossom
the pulse of living returns
thought word and action
Tim Mueller Read poem →
the clouds move one way
and the leaves in another
family picnic
Mark Hitri Read poem →
The woodpecker drums
On the aging maple tree
A long lost message?
Jeanne Nakjavani Read poem →
Contentedly watch
Determined squirrels planting
Tomorrow's forests
Sharon Stansfield Read poem →
bleached clean like the bones
passed down between the branches
seen with mother's eyes
Lucy Ryan Read poem →
Only the wind knows
Blowing through leaves and branches
Passages of time
Bruce Levine Read poem →
Breathless leaves curling
stolen from the bending bough
no time for goodbye
Diane Merchant Read poem →
Cold winter evening
Cardinal on snowy bough...
Truly feeling blue
Maryam Qureshi Read poem →