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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,508 published haiku
Dark, towering clouds
Afternoon showers bathe trees
New puddles for frogs
Suzanne Cottrell Read poem →
Stubs of brown corn stalks.
Songbirds silently wend south.
Clouds lower the sky.
David Anthony Sam Read poem →
silence stills the lake
dragonflies reflect rainbows
lightly on paper wings
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
waiting for the post
the sun preening like a bird
fourth tuesday of june
Pearl Kline Read poem →
Gold floods morning sky.
Black night sheds star-swept lining.
Onward comes the day.
Deborah Svatos Read poem →
Air after rain hangs
Silent. Fawn-spotted birches
Stretch, spindly, to sky.
Melanie Bell Read poem →
lake frozen over
a falling leaf lands gently
ice cracks like lightning
Justin Smith Read poem →
Silence created
By pine needles underfoot
Softens the forest
Donna Roy Read poem →
fresh washed sheets, sun-dried
crisp and summer-breeze scented
promise serene dreams
Shirley Harshenin Read poem →
pair of cardinals
eating green holly berries
wet with morning rain
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
silver crescent moon
a beacon of summer night
dancing on water
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
shafts of moonlight pierce
trembling leaves on scarred limbs
the darkness falters
C L Killgore Read poem →
sitting on the shore
while I am fully present
the river flows by
Jodie Brown Read poem →
A long valley road
Curves under sycamore trees
Branches block the path
Pj Amendolia Read poem →
mountain cathedrals
thrust to the sky praising God
while I stand in awe
Chris Cross Read poem →
Meadow of candles
on a placid moonlit night
fireflies resting.
Mariangela Canzi Read poem →
light touches the leaves
the calm caress of sunshine
brief eternal friends
Tim Mueller Read poem →
present this moment
sun slips across horizon
I stand and wonder
Rebecca Olson Read poem →
We meet in these words;
we make a broken haiku.
A jumping river.
Rolf Hughes Read poem →
Two tall cedar trees,
a footpath in two inches.
Family picnic.
Hannah Steels Read poem →
the first day of spring
arrives in a rush of rain
singing birds gather
Corinne Bortnik Read poem →
emerald garden
water, lush moss and ferns thrive
revitalizing
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
Fall moon cold and bright
Cherry trees drop lonesome leaves -
What mountain hides you?
Carl Redick Read poem →
steaming amber brew
pursed lips blow gently cooling
hold north wind at bay
Diane Briggs-hoyle Read poem →
hot wind blowing sand
ravenous tsetse fly hunts
sad day only bones
Travis Greer Read poem →
cold and lonely sound
the wind soughing through the pines
snow begins to fall
Bill Melton Read poem →
Rustling leaves whisper
Exposes hidden silence
Moon appears to smile
Dean Miller Read poem →
Rain spatters the roof,
Red Wings whistle in the field
signaling, return.
Carol Lee Saffioti-hughes Read poem →
Palm trees, fruit cocktails,
Sunglasses like black candy,
Tropical party.
Jolene Mcdonald Read poem →
butterfly white moon
galaxies waltzing in time
a loon breaks silence
Jessica Dawson Read poem →
vibrant flowers bloom
opalescent wings flutter
feeding on nectar
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
boats beside the lake
craving the feel of water
on their dry bellies
Beverly Head Read poem →
Ironed starched snow glaze
Paw-print pockmarks bespeak breath
Crisp exhalations
Jo Hausam Read poem →
raindrops tap the leaves
sounding a cosmic rhythm-
worms rise to listen
Brett Dixon Read poem →
on the pond, heron
knee-deep in silver shallows
spears a flash of gold
Connie Jordan Green Read poem →
flurries of soft snow
pirouetting gently down
to silent applause
Wendy Watson Read poem →