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Nature Haiku Poems

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

1,522 published haiku
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 →
My summer garden
Romaine lettuce straight and tall -
Friends come to my gate
Carl Redick Read poem →
rolling flightless cloud
beyond the waking sun's eye
paints the land silver
Trent Jones Read poem →
Blazing scarlet sun
sinks behind brush fire of clouds,
consumes winter day.
Suzanne Cottrell Read poem →
last summer's beech leaves
hang tough in the heavy snow -
they're stubborn that way
David Richardson Read poem →
five inches of snow
enough to hide the debris
walks don't clear themselves
Jack Maze Read poem →
pale translucent arc
prism light in a sun-rain sky
beautiful your lies
Susan K. Hagen Read poem →
iced pond, heron poised
silver gleams through cracked surface
frozen dinner served
Christa Planko Read poem →
Dolphin surfer girl
Intimate sea connection
Makes each wave her own
Donna Roy Read poem →
crisp cool air blowing
colored leaves snap between toes
autumn imminent
Joan Fingon Read poem →
The sound of the sea
Poetry to my psyche
Siren's song to soul
Shirley Smothers Read poem →
Wind on a mountain
whips snow high into piles
toppling time beneath.
Duane Anderson Read poem →
cloudless winter sky
shimmering sun points on snow
sculpted rabbit tracks
Richard Bailly Read poem →
smiling summer falls
autumnal leaves pale and pass
weary winter springs
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
Winter where we are
Brings a steady wash of rain
Nobody complains
Michael Gorkin Read poem →
farewell to winter-
old trees adorn new garments
spring's ribbons of light
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
four squirrels running
playing in frosty new snow
silence after storm
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
Lepidoptera
flying on gossamer wings
nature's work of art
Valerie Staton Read poem →
My seventy third
Christmas under a real tree
Toys in the attic
Jack Donahue Read poem →
clear autumnal sky
glowing sliver-crescent moon
Venus shines beside
Kent Mcquillen Read poem →
From ice skimmed waters
Mists rise, fusing earth with sky
Under splintered moon
Mary Crane Fahey Read poem →
smoking in the rain
up on the old Ford tractor...
hating the thunder
Michael Flanagan Read poem →
Dead trees darkened skies
Winter silhouettes invert
Sparklers in July
Nicholas Campbell Read poem →