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Ocean & Water Haiku Poems

Haiku moving through oceans, rain, rivers, ponds, and reflective water.

527 published haiku
surrounded by noise
the offer of solitude
my gift from the sea
Bodie Howell Read poem →
Blackened shikaras
Adrift emerald waters
The day lingers on
Vyomi Malik Read poem →
let the sunlight stream
through your hair just like the wind
through the trees in Spring
Julie Center Read poem →
Still waters; a deer...
drinking in his reflection.
Narcissus in bloom.
Karen Berger Read poem →
Biplanes towing signs
fly above the crowded beach---
Haiku in the sky.
Robert Piazza Read poem →
Black magnetic sands
Cliffs shatter waves to white spray
We linger bewitched
Elisabeth Liebert Read poem →
A peaceful river
Through the chaos of my mind
Calms mind and body
Shirley Smothers Read poem →
Silence on the beach.
Children winter underground.
Castles of bright coal.
Glenn Hubbard Read poem →
Waterfalls drizzle
Gentle waves rock the surface
A cave rests behind
Kylie Benavides Read poem →
Gray skies and cold times,
The rain and wind will collide,
Sad lives and good-byes.
Grace Forthman Read poem →
Your power, gentle
as the flower in your hair,
strong as ocean tides.
Hannah-rose Tristram Read poem →
Frosty silver lakes
Ice skating over my heart
Bitterly cutting
Mary Smith Read poem →
We pad to the beach
float in a warm, shining sea
amble back, tired.
Hetti Wohlgemuth Read poem →
fresh tea leaves dancing
with gusto through dull water
a flight of dragons
Gabriel Smithwilson Read poem →
Large emerald hands
Deep forest beneath our eyes
The sea is churning
Eliza Mimski Read poem →
Rain on the window
my shoulder, your restless head--
where secrets are safe
Adam Sprague Read poem →
Glass beach surf castoffs
Wave polishes rainbow stones
Vanishing treasures
Maria Depaul Read poem →
Freezing rain and snow
Silken black lace of winter
Children ice skating.
Bruce Levine Read poem →
babbling summer creek
floating leaf with clever ant
must have surfing bug
Mia Middonte Read poem →
Darkness, quiet rain
Train whistles in the distance
I think I can sleep
Eve Taft Read poem →
summer afternoon
tree and pond on lonely field
sky like baldachin
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
sudden morning storm
rolling thunder, heavy rain
frogs taking cover
Jody Larson Read poem →
sparkling, smooth as glass
reflecting skies blue brilliance
salt water haven
Deborah Dybowski Read poem →
The wind smells like death,
I think of you breathing it--
The sound at low tide.
Karl Hakmiller Read poem →
Fish swim through foundries
finally silent beneath
the rising waters
Andrew Davis Read poem →
heavy summer air
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so
Jodie Brown Read poem →
dark drifting wall-cloud
tendrils of rain trail below
backlit setting sun
Bill Melton Read poem →
leaden, heavy rain
pouring into the turned earth
shovel left to rust
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
Cherry blossom floats
Choking the stream to stillness
Spring suicide pact
Rob J Mann Read poem →
what a mist upon
the mossed river. crocus blooms
beside grey-green stones.
Adele Wegner Read poem →
An intimate rain
Reaches suddenly to me
Out of a clear sky
Kelby Cottenie Read poem →
Diving pelicans
strike sea. Glistening, playful
ripples tag a child.
Heather Teague Read poem →
Swim from corruption
Venture into fresh waters
Drown no more, just breathe
Mary Smith Read poem →
wooden bench, slats grayed
warped by summer sun and rain
our sanctuary
Jody Larson Read poem →
trimming donkey feet
summer sun behind rain clouds
I call with carrots
Michelle Holland Read poem →
Macarthur Park Lake
a downtown LA jewel
broken glass needles
Renne Gardner Read poem →