Life & Time Haiku Poems

the dead are not far--
just beyond the candle's flame
their faces flicker

Gail Greenwood Read poem →

She was born in May
I felt her first and last breath
Then, there was nothing

Sarah Deranleau Read poem →

lone lighthouse doyenne
descending steps one last time
solitary glow

Robert Hunt Read poem →

Coyotes salivating
Chasing after mighty deer
Running for its life

Tina Mckeon Read poem →

Leaves loosed from anchors
drifting in varied displays
death's boldest presents.

John Kneal Read poem →

hear flowers whisper
I am beauty I am death
pressed between pages

Tim Mueller Read poem →

Hands of the dying
Cold as ice, yet full of warmth
A cry rents the air

Lin Girsaw Read poem →

young fawn so docile
nibbling leaves, a blurred green feast
sunlight shade from trees

Eden Koll Read poem →

cormorant spreads wings
time for pond benediction
sand hill cranes take flight

Michele Cuomo Read poem →

burn sacred fever
the churning ache of young bones
beyond the threshold

Laura Sminchak Read poem →

Pink blanket, soft skin
Today you wear a white gown.
Oh, how I'll miss you.

Luann Lewis Read poem →

Amber leaves shudder
a thieving hand of bright wind
picking death's pocket

Thomas Festa Read poem →

the last cornstalk rests
waves of snow settle by her
peace for a moment

Sara Wilhoite-mathews Read poem →

snow swirls in the wind
torn blossoms of apple trees
ashes of moons past

Homer Mitchell Read poem →

ice on the surface
hiding still flowing water
hushed but quite alive

Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →

landlocked sixty years
her shoeless feet anointed:
seaweed, scalloped shells

Frank Christmas Read poem →

Grazing time at dawn.
A bellwether leads his flock
to dew-covered grass.

Shai Afsai Read poem →

plain-dead flowers fade
but she nurses each dry stalk
still more tenderly

Jonathan Pettit Read poem →

Faith in the future
Time alone will make it true
New born days ahead

Bruce Levine Read poem →

cricket on my porch
4 AM longing and thirst
full moon sliding past

Michael Griffith Read poem →

Meditative sounds
Of rain nourishing plant life
Reminiscent walks

Rj Tungsten Read poem →

almost thirty years
old shepherd cared for his flock
last time to lock church

Ray Spitzenberger Read poem →

The whole two hour walk
going over and over
our five second kiss.

Jon Petruschke Read poem →

the lake is glass calm
shimmering in the moment
I am at peace, love

Teresa Stankiewicz Read poem →

butterfly flutters
life's quiet tranquil moments
a breath of fresh air

Richard Bluhm Read poem →

Our feet scurry past
Behind closed door, a stillness
Empty nursery

Jenn Ryan-jauregui Read poem →

Skin soft, lines set deep,
I watch you wither with age.
Together, we dim.

Ls. Quigley Read poem →

Young friends and a branch
Mangoes strewn on the red clay
Endless symphony

Jonathan Yu Read poem →

Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence

Madeline Lee-mabe Read poem →

flowers we gathered
dying slowly in vases
they remember dirt

Dennis Herrell Read poem →

Eternal river
Sculpting the canyon below
Washing time away

David Gershan Read poem →

Grant us this sweetness,
This sorrow, our daily bread,
'til death comes for us.

Lawrence Shielding 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 →

butterfly white moon
galaxies waltzing in time
a loon breaks silence

Jessica Dawson Read poem →