Joy & Hope Haiku Poems

golden courtesan
sipping wine of laughter sets
the west wind astir

Paul Hellweg Read poem →

stars shimmer, sparkle
luminious asterisk shoot
decorate a wish

Yasmin Khan Read poem →

I catch a quick glimpse
of a smile and big blue eyes
I'm in love again

Doug Elson Read poem →

how new the smile that
brightens, christens arrival---
sib's share in heaven

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dreaming butterflies
in ancient red mansions where
leaves now flutter by

Colin Campbell Read poem →

she smiles at me from
the obituary page
a lifetime ago

Bobby Fugitt Read poem →

An audacious heart -
alight with the bloom of hope,
she comes as the spring

Stephanie Ferguson Read poem →

eyelids gently close
butterflies visit in dreams
nursing two are one

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Sailboats wrapped in snow
sigh softly and ache for spring,
dreaming of the sea.

Ct Norgang Read poem →

dancing through the night
Saigon, city of life, owl
dreams the morrow's hawk

Paul Hellweg Read poem →

a mist of hairspray
women's laughter, mirrored smiles
secrets kept in style

Daun Daemon Read poem →

your smile is a sign
from heaven above, unless
my heart tells a lie

Daniel Slaten Read poem →

with raptor talons
we grasp at elusive dreams
moon smiles knowingly

Grady Manus Read poem →

owl silent as sin
snatches up unfulfilled dreams
? i ponder the dark

Grady Manus Read poem →

Wild dandelion
beneath snowy winter field
do you dream of spring?

Doug Elson Read poem →

opening the door
little one's laughter I hear-
a father's reward

Dan Campbell Read poem →

She holds her mother's
hand, strokes it, and wishes for
how she use to be.

Melissa Patterson Read poem →

Your eyes haunt my dreams
Your kiss is all I wish for
Your love fills my heart

Ines Franco Fatzinger Read poem →

The wheels out of tracks
Dreaming about endless rides
beside the railroad

Fabio Sassi Read poem →

Raw tomato lips
Garden gate swings bug eyed wide
Mosquito smiles ripe

Susan Brown Read poem →

against my wishes
he pulled me to shore and said
I had failed to swim

Robin Merrill Read poem →

You're a beautiful
suicide, filled with much hope
and desperation.

Chris Butner Read poem →

you're muse and mermaid
my wish a dolphin to be
whale song breaks the heart

Paul Hellweg Read poem →

youth and innocence,
running barefoot in the grass
frolics through my dreams

Nells Wasilewski Read poem →

mermaid swims the sea
where pirates hear her calling
from the depth of dreams

Nells Wasilewski Read poem →

cat sleeping in sun
soft fur slicked with blood of prey
sweet feral dreaming

Daun Daemon Read poem →

The empty bench sits
In memorandum of those
Happy summer days

Nancy May Read poem →

A lone killdeer's laugh
Shatters fall's orange-gray night sky
Letting cold seep in

Mauri Orr Stone Read poem →

when you die i hope
it was because of kindness
six feet in kindness

Fadumo Abdi Read poem →

A peach tree slumbers,
dreams of pink inflorescence.
Snow falls heavily.

Mike Alvarez Read poem →

watching the clouds turn
from pearl white to sullen black
cherry blossoms smile

Talon Harringer Read poem →

Joy, simple and huge,
flows like a slow, warm river,
from a thankful heart

Sandra Bounds Read poem →

a falling snowstar:
another, then another--
I wish for flowers

Kellen Davis Read poem →

Smoke escapes his lips
Dead air floats on his soft breath
But hear his eyes smile

Katherine Wildman Read poem →

black terns fly away
weighing down unborn dreams like
stones on balloon strings

Jonathan Patterson Read poem →

Am dreaming of her
snuggled up close with her now
so peaceful, such love

Andrew Scott Read poem →