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Joy & Hope Haiku Poems

Haiku carrying delight, gratitude, resilience, renewal, and expectation.

209 published haiku
Dancing clouds shape dreams
Streaking sun warms summer's grass
Universal peace
Carl Redick Read poem →
My child's final wish
Grantable, toddler's wanting
My wish not allowed
Alan Meyrowitz Read poem →
Tulip skirts flare out
Men, hopeful pollinators
Cheer warmer weather
Jennifer Ruth Jackson Read poem →
For Love, Happiness
Clear Endless Montana Skies
My Eternal Greed
Derek Brown Read poem →
Sunlight magnified
Drops of dew on fallen leaves
Bubbles of delight
Linda Zahava Read poem →
A sprawling green sea
Twinkling lights scooped up by birds
Singing with delight
Barbara Krystal Read poem →
Old blue dragonfly
Floats unseen along water
Currents of my dreams
Bjorn Bengtsson Read poem →
Unbothered blossom
Tragically transient
Unworshipped wonder
Charles Zito Read poem →
Muddy shoes splashing
Raincoats dripping with laughter
Burgundy leaves dance
Austin Amaya Read poem →
Bees pack their hind legs
with pollen from the Daisy
Honey badger smiles
Jeral Williams Read poem →
ribbon of silver
sky tangles high-rise dreams whirl
balloon hearts take flight
Darren Black Read poem →
Thankful November
guests eating prodigiously
leave after the meal
Tom Schmidt Read poem →
Laughter fills the air
As children run through tall grass
Small hands graze the blades
Debra Kirouac Read poem →
Twisted are my thoughts
Like branches from the forest
Yet budding with hope
Ann Richards Read poem →
I dream while night sleeps
stars come and drink from my hand
love simple abounds
Tim Mueller Read poem →
still, heat thickened air
ripe peaches languish in trees
dreaming of the fall
Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →
I run with the fish
swim with birds and fly with toads
My dreams hold me tight
Erika Silva Read poem →
fresh washed sheets, sun-dried
crisp and summer-breeze scented
promise serene dreams
Shirley Harshenin Read poem →
On my drive to work
I dream beyond the highway
But here's my exit.
Dana Martin Read poem →
present this moment
sun slips across horizon
I stand and wonder
Rebecca Olson Read poem →
Wanting inner peace
Corner stones of the moment
Following the dream
Bruce Levine Read poem →
spring time at the lakes
the brothers squeal in delight
while catching tadpoles
Jennifer Carr Read poem →
Rustling leaves whisper
Exposes hidden silence
Moon appears to smile
Dean Miller Read poem →
Butterfly wings flap
Touch base on zinnia sweets
Spirits soar, hope sprouts
Madeline Lipton Read poem →
smiling summer falls
autumnal leaves pale and pass
weary winter springs
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
Your smile is honey
Like a bee I need my fix
Too sweet to resist
Stormy Smith Read poem →
Painted smile faded
Aging dolls with sightless eyes
Dusty lost to time
Shirley Smothers Read poem →
Crickets chirp madly
Leaves brown upon thin branches
Hope lives in fair nights
Amy Fletcher Read poem →
Hello, little sprout
Filling me with quiet joy
My smile grows with you
Brittany Baugh Read poem →
after life's battles
when all the hate is consumed
only hope remains
Michael Flanagan Read poem →
Blue cups chip and break
Tea and dreams dribble away,
nothing to hold them.
Marsha Foss Read poem →
Breezes in the trees
Testify to happiness
Once again renewed
Bruce Levine Read poem →
Muggy summer air
Any thought of breeze is stalled
Trees dream of swaying
Julie Dickson Read poem →
Snow falls on Mt. Hope
In the mirror the old face
Looking back is me.
Alan C. Reese Read poem →
Life wanes, hope dwindles,
Imprisoned by exhaustion -
No chance of parole.
Maria Galea Read poem →
Words flowing from mind
Touching people I don't know
Hoping to inspire
Shirley Smothers Read poem →