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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,522 published haiku
Tiny buds open,
And then a lovely flower,
Soon a fading hue.
Paul C. Blake Read poem →
trees swollen with leaves
a red ball low in the sky
crimson foliage
Sylvia Semel Read poem →
on old sand scrubbed brick
senorita arching high
loves miles of blue sky
Amber Dennis Read poem →
The trees are humming,
Like they need to let off steam.
The wind train passes.
Cynthia Hammell Read poem →
I run with the fish
swim with birds and fly with toads
My dreams hold me tight
Erika Silva Read poem →
Damp leaves on slick tar
Gliding bicycle on film
Spinning and spinning
John Brady Read poem →
flowers we gathered
dying slowly in vases
they remember dirt
Dennis Herrell Read poem →
Eternal river
Sculpting the canyon below
Washing time away
David Gershan Read poem →
Under a half-moon
is a determined cricket
live and in concert
Billy Tuggle Read poem →
A season of change
Inevitably follows
One leaf in the wind
Miguel Angel Estefan Jr Read poem →
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Summer birds in flight
Ducks and geese go drifting by
Stillness of the lake
Bruce Levine Read poem →
the crisp morning air
acrid smell of burning leaves
distant honk of geese
Bill Melton Read poem →
I'm starting over
just like every day does
sunrise, a bird song
Sandra Evans Read poem →
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 →