This dear, lonely hill
I hear wind stir these branches
eternal nature.
I hear wind stir these branches
eternal nature.
Solitude & Silence Haiku Poems
Quiet haiku of aloneness, stillness, listening, waiting, and inward attention.
326 published haiku
Steaming heat rises
From the cracked pavement, yet a
Single weed still thrives
From the cracked pavement, yet a
Single weed still thrives
Red breasted robin
calls in snow fallen garden
rotten apple waits
calls in snow fallen garden
rotten apple waits
Death Notice picture
yet another empty house
for my neighborhood
yet another empty house
for my neighborhood
dew filled evening walk
youthful spark seeking pleasure
old plea silently
youthful spark seeking pleasure
old plea silently
Spring bird sings freely
For nature's food, it takes wing
The summer cat waits
For nature's food, it takes wing
The summer cat waits
dotted moon circled-
silent gaze blinded by breath
when I call to you.
silent gaze blinded by breath
when I call to you.
Darkness deep in rest.
Predawn hum of ceiling fan,
above the silence.
Predawn hum of ceiling fan,
above the silence.
Skillful fisherman
the patient white heron waits
just biding its time
the patient white heron waits
just biding its time
on the cluttered desk
silent in eraser dust
lie the finest words
silent in eraser dust
lie the finest words
stop and speak to me
moth fluttering in my home
we both are lonely
moth fluttering in my home
we both are lonely
sheets stir in the breeze
mother laughing in linens
a moment alone
mother laughing in linens
a moment alone
quiet early night
cicadas start to chatter
falling out of trees
cicadas start to chatter
falling out of trees
The guns fall silent
The peace treaty has been signed
Fragile peace exists
The peace treaty has been signed
Fragile peace exists
Horses graze, moon-rise
Red rock buttes cast golden glow
Silence, stillness, peace
Red rock buttes cast golden glow
Silence, stillness, peace
the wind sighs softly
quiet rustles fill the night
nature goes to sleep
quiet rustles fill the night
nature goes to sleep
We camp at a lake
black trees around its stillness;
I touch your bald spot.
black trees around its stillness;
I touch your bald spot.
cicada singing
is silenced at sun's setting
quiet commences
is silenced at sun's setting
quiet commences
The cat sunbathes on
the fence waiting for his lunch:
only his ears move.
the fence waiting for his lunch:
only his ears move.
Loneliness aches like
Physical pain. Time heals wounds,
Scars last a lifetime.
Physical pain. Time heals wounds,
Scars last a lifetime.
In a river red,
fish with prosthetic tail-fins
can still swim upstream.
fish with prosthetic tail-fins
can still swim upstream.
no one found me here
sleeping in rain without you
this is called melting
sleeping in rain without you
this is called melting
Am dreaming of her
snuggled up close with her now
so peaceful, such love
snuggled up close with her now
so peaceful, such love
i wouldn't be so
lonely if i could sleep with
a rifle at night.
lonely if i could sleep with
a rifle at night.
I know of no one
that would wrap up the sunshine
and give it to me.
that would wrap up the sunshine
and give it to me.
spooning afterwards ?
companionable silence
between each heartbeat
companionable silence
between each heartbeat
Eyes closed to the world
the Buddha statue still smiles
aware of it all
the Buddha statue still smiles
aware of it all
almost spring twilight...
to be parents, in silence
on the green park swing
to be parents, in silence
on the green park swing
skeletal trees weep
world wrapped in cold bleak winter
? my heart walks alone
world wrapped in cold bleak winter
? my heart walks alone
I still hear her voice,
but only within my mind ,
in my soul silence.
but only within my mind ,
in my soul silence.
flat open waters
pines reaching into the fog
stillness that listens
pines reaching into the fog
stillness that listens
The cicada sings
quiet is the moonless night
alone in sadness
quiet is the moonless night
alone in sadness
winter trees stand nude
waiting for the leaves of spring
to clothe them again
waiting for the leaves of spring
to clothe them again
Weak from looking up
Waiting for the rains to fall,
Flowers rest their necks
Waiting for the rains to fall,
Flowers rest their necks
white and black opposed
reality looks like chess
a game no one wins
reality looks like chess
a game no one wins
The vast copper sky
Stony silence of the night
Shower astral light.
Stony silence of the night
Shower astral light.