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Love & Romance Haiku Poems

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

205 published haiku
sweat from two lovers
like tears from her husband's eyes
drops on tousled sheets
Glenn J. Bergeron Ii Read poem →
sun-kissed horizon
Nocturne bows out gracefully
gossamer moment
Michelle Wallace Read poem →
lasting impression
holding hands with a shadow
take a leap of faith
Barbara Tate Read poem →
Kisses from the sun
Burning lips leave me frozen
The touch of Midas
Jorge Gutierrez Read poem →
the busy crowds pass
filled with old friends & lovers
distant but not gone
Herb Kauderer Read poem →
The steel against stone,
Dirt caking your pants and face,
You knock at Earth's heart.
Mandy Brown Read poem →
Warm like an embrace
A desolate hill, lit up
Such beauty, wasted
Emily Rojas Read poem →
A planted kiss on
my cheek, after budding, then
sprouted'to a weed.
Nicholas Finch Read poem →
Misty air whispers
in a forest full of dreams ?
love breathes through the trees
Jackie Biggs Read poem →
tiny snow angel
snowflakes kiss your rosy cheeks
white winter beauty
Jan Allison Read poem →
Two trees in thick fog
When your secret lover dies
You might not be told
Claudius Scholer Read poem →
Winter's frozen kiss
Icy crystalline fingers
Silent night descends
Christopher Ryan Read poem →
loving each other
life is good but not that good
sometimes there's hunger
Barbara Tate Read poem →
leaning together
three linden trees drip fragrance
carried on the breeze
Sarah Blackman Read poem →
july afternoon
spent looking round old churches
damp palms together
Pipzi Williams Read poem →
gardens of roses
where children play together
the sound of blooming
Chris Fulbirg Read poem →
crazy loving loud
people crowd my head and heart
family and friends
Katharina Riemer Read poem →
Eyes that never met
Held a love so pure and warm
Fate's secrets untold
Adam Yarish Read poem →
boardwalk of turtles
amble seaside at sun's surge
current sweeps a kiss
Frank Geurrandeno Read poem →
Red, Pink Bleeding Hearts
A drop of blood hanging down
Nature's Artistry
Traci Howell Read poem →
A faded picture
Final evidence that love
Was active and strong
Bill Melton Read poem →
we made love with the
windows open'the blinds clawed
off -- a busy street.
Dominique Bechard Read poem →
Remember the kiss:
your dark lipstick smeared against
my pain- unfolding
Luke Roe Read poem →
Sadness cerements me,
despair dances on my heart.
His identity...
Charman Goodwin Read poem →
Tender beloved ~
Your petals upon my tongue ~
Feasting from love's bloom
Biff Rushton Read poem →
The rueful waltz of
a wretched heart ~ Crestfallen ~
Swallowed by the grey
Biff Rushton Read poem →
Sleep and dream my love
Twixt my arms and near my heart.
Your humid breath, Life
Thomas Ruscher Read poem →
strength, beauty, heart, wind
enveloped in one creature
on Pegasus wings
Joan Gove Read poem →
Steamy kisses light
up a room full of darkness.
There is no love here.
Stephen Roche Read poem →
your red umbrella
hope there's no rain tomorrow
we kissed, you forgot
Caden Gray Read poem →
sleep's a fickle wench
she denies and vies for love
lure of her embrace
Grace Black Read poem →
the calmness before
a thunderstorm ? best time to
cradle a romance
Michael Tsang Read poem →
Dead. Each bubble cries
tears of gold. Drunken first kiss,
your pull-tabs. New wife.
Doc Burkard Read poem →
A man ought to love
brown leaves and the last acorn
before winter snow
Dennis Herrell Read poem →
The dowager's goat
again nosed my wife's pink pants.
Moist mark. My stained lands.
Woody Evans Read poem →
days of love and war
baby birds open beaks wide
reaching for the sky
Paul Hellweg Read poem →