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Ocean & Water Haiku Poems

Haiku moving through oceans, rain, rivers, ponds, and reflective water.

519 published haiku
the air shimmers hot
heavy with water - sugared
honeysuckle ripe
Ren Martinez Read poem →
Valley lost in cloud,
rain falls steady all morning,
drips glisten on twigs
Jackie Biggs Read poem →
eternal mountains
snowy birthplace of rivers
oceans receive life
Dean Miller Read poem →
sparrow-heart, darling
do you drink from the river?
taking stones inside
Lucy Ryan Read poem →
night, how still the surf
only murmurs in the air
new moon overhead
Christine S. O'connor Read poem →
Summer rain spatter
Unsettled dusky maiden.
Parasol resort.
Rob J Mann Read poem →
water lily croaks
painting a smile on my face
I find Basho's frog
Ana Prundaru Read poem →
Torrential flash rain!
Under the tree shade; haiku
to girls rushing by.
Chris Fulbirg Read poem →
freezing rain and wind
dance across a wooden deck
winter's rhapsody
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
pink japonica
blooms on bare limbs wet with rain --
last winter's shovels
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
almighty baptism
divine waves force bended knee
my blue genesis
Kim Spencer Read poem →
Storms pound the jetty
Foghorn cries into the brume
Ships safe in harbor
Dean Miller Read poem →
a silver-tongued brook
wheat field whispers in the wind
fingertips trace Braille.
Laura Gatzow Read poem →
Silver light fishes
Leaping sparks on the water
Cast down from the sun
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
I give no grumble
Hearing the thunder and rain
Thankful for this warmth
Peter Nolan Read poem →
harvest moon beckons
spring tide crests aureate banks
brown leaves ride her wake
C. Z. Heyward Read poem →
Foam swallows my feet
Salty air, ominous waves
Peace in feeling small
Emily Rojas Read poem →
House on deep water
drops fall, craters dot the earth
sand splashes upward.
Erin Castaldi Read poem →
A soulless husk floats
Empty of what was once life
Drifting in the waves
Zach Agnew Read poem →
Far is the far shore,
Lines of which stretch farther still,
River between us.
Jamie Wimberly Read poem →
fish beneath dark waves
thunderclouds invade the sky
you stay safe below
Tara Burnham Read poem →
Sunscreen and sea smell
Hot sand touches little toes
Baby's first beach day
Laura Alexandra Hunter Read poem →
Rivulets of rain
Will revitalize the green-
Death is but transit-
Oluseyi Adegbola Read poem →
brown hands grew these grapes
infused with earth water sun
wine our sacrament
Dan Dolen Read poem →
fog stretches across
the morning water garden
flower lilies float
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
October twilight
white pines fogged with lake water
a distant chain saw
Anna Cates Read poem →
rare morning thunder
biblical sky pelts glass rain
all the leaves look sharp
Sherry Abaldo Read poem →
A small petal falls
On the surface of a pond,
Disturbing its sleep.
Terese Pierre Read poem →
Steel-blue dragon fly
Where river ends earth begins
Draws widening loops
Patricia Campion Read poem →
Tide is moving in
Crabs find shelter in the sand
Fullest moon ever
Joseph J Kozma Read poem →
three golden trees sway
atop the steep river bank
haunting mute children
Lindsay Lake Read poem →
Snow melt swells river
Spring flows scour the landscape
Fish find calm water
Dean Miller Read poem →
Morning on water
winds blow revelry through leaves
a heron splashes
Angell Caudill Read poem →
whispering breezes
carry hushed sounds of water
rolling over rocks
Christine S. O'connor Read poem →
gushing brook water
alive with shifting shadows
half minnows half light
Anna Cates Read poem →
scorched dust rivers flow
diaphanous sand currents
scrolling the black road
Dennis Lowe Read poem →