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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

Celestial haiku looking upward to daylight, night skies, and distant light.

754 published haiku
rusting horizon
trees beneath the rising moon,
mists from autumn lungs
Ayden Cole Read poem →
The moon lights the stage
Grains of sand dance through the air
Turtles meet the sea
James Pitcher Read poem →
night birds cry warning
beneath these moon-dancing waves
Leviathan sleeps
Jimi Bernath Read poem →
red-robed cardinal
posing in naked pear tree
cloaked by winter dusk
Daun Daemon Read poem →
The sky black with cold
Icy white stars glittering
Sunrise too distant
Jody Larson Read poem →
wings beating the air
moonlight slipping through cloud breaks
winds travelling west
Michael Canfield Read poem →
as I near the pond
the turtle head submerges
sky on still water
Michael Lyle Read poem →
Sunlight vanishes
Ripe pears sway like jade earrings
Sullen summer storm
Karen Morris Read poem →
Sky, darkened blood, lit
By gauzy silk, saffron bands
Tight around full moon
Mary Crane Fahey Read poem →
dawning of the day
negligee at her ankles
the sun for her crown
Frank Cavano Read poem →
pre-dawn solitude
in abandoned parking lot
idling Uber car
Kelly Sauvage Angel Read poem →
the etchings of dawn
mellow on the autumn sky
each stroke a facade
Susan Gale Wickes Read poem →
Raiment of the sun
sari of baleful yellow
strips shyly to earth
R. Bremner Read poem →
rain wet grey pavers
glisten under the low moon
old night winks at dawn
David Miller Read poem →
Sunlight permeates
Cicadas echo in song
Snake basks in the heat
Julie Dickson Read poem →
blackberry stained lips,
marinated in moonlight--
fading photographs
Debora Schwartz Read poem →
here the dawn's Dear John
banded pink orange indigo
lets night down easy
William Keckler Read poem →
sky of pink and green
indian summer arrives
on silent warm feet
Ronald Jones Read poem →
I woke at dawn light
with the flower above me --
now wilted and dead
Michael Tabor Read poem →
Go forth and be new
Sun rises, lakes drain, moon falls
Sleep, smile, risk, drain, wake
Stephanie Schmelzer Read poem →
black necks gray bodies
geese commence the long passage
dawn light on their wings
Michael Flanagan Read poem →
Everest starlight -
balancing on the stone walls
I find my way home
Bruce Feingold Read poem →
Misty sky and sea
Kiss amidst the horizon
Breathing in sunsets
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
a cantaloupe moon
floats above the horizon
fall is in the air
Bill Melton Read poem →
the ineffable
sunrise - witnessed by poets
who try to eff it
David Shultz Read poem →
Bright autumn sunlight
Ironing out morning chill
Dad lay still and cold
Sara Chansarkar Read poem →
A lone ladybird
promenades across a leaf
in the mid-day sun.
Kevin Cowdall Read poem →
moon dances skyline
each holding the other's hand
swaying with music
Shelly Buttenhoff Miller Read poem →
Great heron answers
streams of fish, shell, and sunlight.
Quick! A gasp of trout.
Michael H. Brownstein Read poem →
mountains stand darkly
a shadow amidst the stars --
silent planes flash past.
Patricia Boomsma Read poem →
Breakfast moon lingers
Indigo mug with slow cracks
Tea before parting
Belle Sweeney Read poem →
rime of silver frost
recedes as the dawning sun
creeps across green grass
Bill Melton Read poem →
Two girls call a dog
Water ruffles at sunset
Lake brims, heart opens
Amy Mevorach Read poem →
Meadow lark afield
White moon beam piercing the wing
Flightless bird of sleep
John Dorroh Read poem →
Moon stealth'ly rising
dark night awaits the splendor
of its silv'ry lamp
Marion Maguire Read poem →
On a street corner;
We are waiting for a cab,
watching the sun rise.
Martin Knabe Read poem →