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Love & Romance Haiku Poems

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

207 published haiku
pandora of fire
set beyond the depths of love
forgotten desire
Caroline Nazareno Read poem →
Shimmering night light
Would you sing me a love song
Of love lost and found
Olutayo Osunsan Read poem →
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 →