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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

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

756 published haiku
Blossoms, butterflies.
Sharing time, space, and sunshine.
Peacefully silent.
Gb Jones Read poem →
Waves pummel the rocks,
sea spray sent to drown the sky.
Lightning burns through clouds.
Jeff Harbrow Read poem →
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 →