heavy summer air
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so
Seasons Haiku Poems
Haiku marking the wheel of the year and nature’s changing character.
576 published haiku
the drummer chews gum
in rhythm with the music -
autumn in New York
in rhythm with the music -
autumn in New York
Cherry blossom floats
Choking the stream to stillness
Spring suicide pact
Choking the stream to stillness
Spring suicide pact
Heads hung in sorrow
knowing summer has ended
row of sunflowers
knowing summer has ended
row of sunflowers
wooden bench, slats grayed
warped by summer sun and rain
our sanctuary
warped by summer sun and rain
our sanctuary
Long summer of love
Beatles wail about Pepper
I'm born premature
Beatles wail about Pepper
I'm born premature
trimming donkey feet
summer sun behind rain clouds
I call with carrots
summer sun behind rain clouds
I call with carrots
Rustling autumn leaves
Stick in the brown muddy earth
A tedious life
Stick in the brown muddy earth
A tedious life
meadow exhales heat
sluggish warm-bellied cows graze
lazy summer morn
sluggish warm-bellied cows graze
lazy summer morn
Summer flowers grow
Feeling green grass underneath
Stars dot fading skies
Feeling green grass underneath
Stars dot fading skies
seedlings stretch their vines
flower buds blossom and yawn
spring has awakened
flower buds blossom and yawn
spring has awakened
summer's construction
intricate origami
wasps' paper palace
intricate origami
wasps' paper palace
fiery pink bison
stampede purple plains above,
thunder storm in spring
stampede purple plains above,
thunder storm in spring
Snow-capped mountain peaks
Last vestiges of winter
Storing desert hope.
Last vestiges of winter
Storing desert hope.
early spring sunrise
gold at the crest of the hill
daffodils in bloom
gold at the crest of the hill
daffodils in bloom
Chirping spring peepers
Bullfrogs' deep guttural croaks
Silenced by the wind
Bullfrogs' deep guttural croaks
Silenced by the wind
stained glass dragonfly
in the lightness in the darks
longing for true spring
in the lightness in the darks
longing for true spring
Pink cherry blossoms
fall softly on the sidewalks.
It is raining Spring.
fall softly on the sidewalks.
It is raining Spring.
spring's birth announcement:
squeal, whistle, knock, gear and grind
splinters of new life
squeal, whistle, knock, gear and grind
splinters of new life
You are with me now,
Spring. How long I have waited
to embrace your warmth.
Spring. How long I have waited
to embrace your warmth.
Winter melts away
Like a song lost in the wind
Birds come soaring home
Like a song lost in the wind
Birds come soaring home
Indian Summer
Laburnum blossoms shower
A golden carpet
Laburnum blossoms shower
A golden carpet
Winter still hangs on
Flowers bloom and quickly die
Confused birds take flight
Flowers bloom and quickly die
Confused birds take flight
Daffodils in bloom.
Earth renews; spring has begun.
Miss you all the time.
Earth renews; spring has begun.
Miss you all the time.
rusting horizon
trees beneath the rising moon,
mists from autumn lungs
trees beneath the rising moon,
mists from autumn lungs
red-robed cardinal
posing in naked pear tree
cloaked by winter dusk
posing in naked pear tree
cloaked by winter dusk
Sunlight vanishes
Ripe pears sway like jade earrings
Sullen summer storm
Ripe pears sway like jade earrings
Sullen summer storm
first snow of winter:
I lace up my father's boots
and my mother cries
I lace up my father's boots
and my mother cries
the etchings of dawn
mellow on the autumn sky
each stroke a facade
mellow on the autumn sky
each stroke a facade
Black winter roses
Their crimson slowly faded
Sorrows in my heart
Their crimson slowly faded
Sorrows in my heart
Dancing autumn leaves
Shredded on the 405
Brittle orange dreams
Shredded on the 405
Brittle orange dreams
falling leaves in spring
bare twig quivering and bent
girl child runs laughing
bare twig quivering and bent
girl child runs laughing
Ice suddenly bloomed
on the wide river, spreading
Autumn's death rumor.
on the wide river, spreading
Autumn's death rumor.
day of the solstice -
a shadow of days before
winter becomes me
a shadow of days before
winter becomes me
sky of pink and green
indian summer arrives
on silent warm feet
indian summer arrives
on silent warm feet
Cold dismal winter
foreboding lurks in shadows
unopened note burns
foreboding lurks in shadows
unopened note burns