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Nature Haiku Poems

Haiku attentive to the living world, wild landscapes, and moments outdoors.

1,522 published haiku
the harvest moon shines
solitary traveler
stops to rest awhile
Kathryn Lea Temple Read poem →
Twisted are my thoughts
Like branches from the forest
Yet budding with hope
Ann Richards Read poem →
saffroned winter sun
caught amid the leafless trees
sky of frosting clouds
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
earth bows to the sun
prelude to a masterpiece
spring fills its palette
Patricia Pella Read poem →
geese fly overhead
at the cabin dusk settles
a silent river
Jr Vork Read poem →
Window candles glow
Lighthouse beams guide sailing ships
Moon plays with the stars
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
black skeleton trees
winter bones against the snow
frantic geese fly south
Beth Mathison Read poem →
midnight serenade
velvet sky donned in diamonds
waltzing silouettes
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
caught yourself stumbling
I saw your shadow dance, love
with wild angel wings
Tim Mueller Read poem →
bumbling on flowers
extracting precious nectar
bees feeding freely
Susi Bocks Read poem →
From a wire fence
a rabbit slips underneath,
the garden thief rides.
Duane Anderson Read poem →
Leaves swept into piles
Toddlers jump in to toss them
Happily scattered
Maria Depaul Read poem →
above the waters,
over deciduous trees,
covenant rainbow
Valerie Staton Read poem →
the last leaves of fall
selflessly fall giving way
to winter brethren
Chris Cross Read poem →
sun spills burgundy
sea drunk on late summer light
waves stumble on rocks
John C. Mannone Read poem →
Son climbing boulder
Taller than your little self
Leap into a cloud
Mari Flower Read poem →
Moisture dribbles down
fogged coffee shop window panes.
Snow quilts hide pickups.
Dennis Maulsby Read poem →
Swollen russet heads
nod sun-stained petals to earth
in summer's last sigh
Shellie Austin Read poem →
Golden Aspen leaves
Shimmer round the white-bark tree
Doe eyes turn and stare.
Jeral Williams Read poem →
wet tea leaves settle
point to a new direction
barefoot little girl
Margaret Tau Read poem →
cold October rain
tea growing cool in brown mug
muted household sounds
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.
Emilia Rosa Read poem →
Freshly fallen snow,
bird tracks layered with raccoon
scribe hieroglyphics.
Wesley Sims Read poem →
narrow steep stone steps
guide hot feet to soft smooth sand
breathe in cool sea breeze
Stella Damarjati Read poem →
heavy clouds descend
beach plunges into gray gloom
sky is lost at sea
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
Madeline Lee-mabe Read poem →
feathers on the path
a wind among yellow leaves
with birds on its breath
William Dennis Read poem →
Tall the bee balm blooms:
open flowers inviting
hummingbirds' return
James Reuss Read poem →
Your rich white spotlight
Throws wavy pink stripes westward
Once in a blue moon
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
Hollowed out logs lie
sun-drenched within a clearing-
stress evaporates.
James Howard Read poem →
your love is cool rain
falling on the arid scene
quenching desert thirst
Chris Cross Read poem →
still, heat thickened air
ripe peaches languish in trees
dreaming of the fall
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
Japanese garden -
I think I'll just spend the day
counting my blessings
Daniel Kolb Read poem →
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
Valerie Staton Read poem →
My basil garden
Invaded with rosemary
Wards off mosquitos
Pj Amendolia Read poem →
bees flit through velvet
sway of sedge and pink foxglove
sun-dried clouds soak earth
Fatima Ammar Read poem →