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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

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

754 published haiku
Grey skies spill cold drops.
Early autumn blossoms smile
at the weeping sky.
Jeff Harbrow Read poem →
Breathless new sunrise
As immortal as my guilt
Life will find a way
Alex Hamilton Read poem →
Under the great sun
An orchid withers away
To live once again.
Tim Denette Read poem →
new life, my first son
your eyes mirror the heavens
spring, summer now fall
Zachary Malone Read poem →
Rising sun sticks to
Tip of the tongue in the dark
my hands did shiver
Nathan Boone Read poem →
leaves and clouds flying
sky wrestles with a sapling
smooth limbs sway entwined
Ruth Asch Read poem →
The winged creatures lure
moonlight and stary draped skies
Woodnotes of the night
Maricela Rosas Read poem →
golden sunlight shards
pierce the silent forest floor
doe and fawn listen
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
the jay's urgent call
rises with the holding dawn
colors in its mouth
Loreena Thiessen Read poem →
on the old tin roof
a chimney swift chitters song
into the chill dawn
Anna Cates Read poem →
Sun's sanguine tendrils
Gently caress morning clouds
A promise of rain
Bill Melton Read poem →
October grey skies
on the petals of flowers
raindrops pattering
Kristyl Gravina Read poem →
adrift in slumber
taken to the sea; blue-skies
waves crash against rocks
Dawn Wing Read poem →
Storm clouds full of rain
Lightning splits a darkened sky
Blooms sprout from wet soil
Nicole Aaronson Read poem →
The syzygy line,
a confluence of forces.
Sun, Moon, Earth, Water.
Marc Woodward Read poem →
empty school playground
tetherball clip clangs on pole
in the twilight breeze
Kent Mcquillen Read poem →
empty rural road
cloudless moonless summer night
the Milky Way shines
Kent Mcquillen Read poem →
small waves break softly
weak sunlight skims the surface
two dolphins surging
T.k. Lawrence Read poem →
wild grass at sunset
shimmering with insect wings
warm breeze on hilltop
Katherine Qian Read poem →
razor morning sun
severs horizon from sky,
daybreak from twilight
John Macdonald Read poem →
a distant lake shore
drinks the last drop of sunset...
Pisces on the rise
Jackie Maugh Robinson Read poem →
She paraded through
the orange groves and smelled
like heaven on earth.
Arika Elizenberry Read poem →
laughter fills the pool
sunshine strikes the snow shovel
buried in tall grass
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
scent of desert sage
hanging on the cooling air
just after sunset
Joseph Roberts Read poem →
starry moonlit skies
bursts of color exploding
Independence Day
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
midwinter south beach
wind-driven sand moon-pulled waves
each dog bows then plays
Helen May Williams Read poem →
The storm is brewing
Darkly in the western sky.
Now, time to be brave.
Mickey Kulp Read poem →
Moon in the window
Whispers turn to city fog
Hear the world, kiss me
Maisie Williams Read poem →
Tobacco ash falls
Addicts blow up at the sky
Smoke break in rehab
Emily Bieniek Read poem →
symphony at dawn
feathered chorus awakens
brightening heavens
Patricia Rossi Read poem →
Cicadas singing
Trees sweating sweet aroma
Bathing in the sun
Tasha Gehling Read poem →
sunlight cuts below
storm clouds bowling the meadow
in sparkling thistle
Tyson West Read poem →
Turquoise fog rises
Searchlights moving rapidly
Midnight sky coming
Nicholas Dangelo Read poem →
the attic toys fade
sunlight sifts down through the eaves
silently spiteful
Lesley Mace Read poem →
alert hare watches
ears up clover sun dining
with nervous cat thoughts
Gregg Dotoli Read poem →
Restless, scattered mind
Awakens me before dawn
Bobcat at our pond
Nancy Hatch Woodward Read poem →