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Joy & Hope Haiku Poems

Haiku carrying delight, gratitude, resilience, renewal, and expectation.

209 published haiku
black crow on white snow
four toed print thatches pathway
Russian winter dream
Mary Delle Lebeau Read poem →
invading sunshine
through the blinds of my window
culminates the dream
Mahima Giri Read poem →
At midnight, I think
about the happiness we?ll
share only in thoughts.
Matt Margo Read poem →
Cold gives way to warm
This season hope starts anew
Today I saw you
Will Harris Read poem →
Eyes closed to the world
the Buddha statue still smiles
aware of it all
Charles Franklin Read poem →
In summer's delight,
Sky's old quarrels with Earth fade
into warm embrace
Charles Franklin Read poem →
Oh shimering moon
How wonderful you so are
Lighting my dark path
Alex Horn Read poem →
Spring's green vibrato
Earth rises from Winter's tomb
symphony of hope
Sandra Bounds Read poem →
his raucous laughter
echoes through our memories?
balmy morning breeze
John Daleiden Read poem →
first light of morning
finds my father's smiling face
death took him gently
James Spencer Read poem →
out of the morning
covered in forgotten dreams
a very deep breath
Sherry Steiner Read poem →
the small red maple
is the perfect climbing tree
for the happy child
Jackie Simmons Read poem →
pastels of blossoms
in deserted railroad yards
images of hope
Christina Murphy Read poem →
Day dreaming, such fun
I?m the queen, the maid, the whore
Liable to none
Susma Sharma Gurumayum Read poem →
a smile of bonheur
the French word for happiness
blooms like a flower
Virginie Colline Read poem →
front lawn tire prints
the honda sits at the curb
dreaming winter gone
Aaron Poller Read poem →
one clear dancing pool
water full of moonlight sang
between dreaming leaves
Kimberly Cowan Read poem →
The first sound, which heard
when the roar of silence breaks,
is the sound of joy
Lindy Ryan Read poem →
Bolts of lightning flash
Celebration in the sky
Playing hide and seek
Tina Mckeon Read poem →
She's haunted waiting
rooms, hoping to hear her name,
ever since he left
Constance Chan Read poem →
the river flows east
water carrying all life
dreams wash ashore cleansed
Christopher Hivner Read poem →
Moon glow cast shadows,
Stretch across the pale lit floor.
The usher of dreams.
Thomas Hayes Read poem →
Dream dances with Lao
Are not to be compared with
The eternal Tao
Karissa Barrera Read poem →
hear birds spreading joy
music waking dawn today
around their feeder
Richard Weed Read poem →
flash of red lipstick
she claws her way towards you
carnivorous smile
Virginie Colline Read poem →
Memories are wiped
Out of their crumpled fortress.
A smile still lingers.
Irena Pasvinter Read poem →
Watching you sleeping
Wonder what dreams are dancing
In your head tonight
Andrew Scott Read poem →
One love of one earth
Through hands of hope and healing
May it always be
Andrew Scott Read poem →
night falls, blind hope-like
high noon & a blaze of lead
surgery - flat line
Henry 7. Reneau, Jr. Read poem →