Ocean & Water Haiku Poems

red-winged blackbird’s flight
among the summer rainfall
a blue sky promise

Joanna Ashwell Read poem →

nightly reflections
moonlight spills liquid silver
across the water

Rachel Zempel Read poem →

one pair of footprints
amber glow over the gulf
pelicans fly low

Madison Williams Read poem →

Blessings of lightness
the heavy heart lies like lead
water flows downhill

Denise Dumars Read poem →

Great White Egret lands
on bed of marsh hyacinths
brackish salt pond stills

Rosemary Ybarra-garcia Read poem →

Flash of Egret wings
White against the muddy shore
Too soon departing

Francis Flavin Read poem →

Easter afternoon
river full of roaring boats
sea lions hiding

Jim Wolper Read poem →

Lone horseshoe crab stuck
In wet sand, and pounding waves
Continue their stride

Ellen Levitt Read poem →

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

Michele Cuomo Read poem →

The pond, stocked with koi.
An orange circumference
already - one duck.

Lauren Shapiro Read poem →

A sprawling green sea
Twinkling lights scooped up by birds
Singing with delight

Barbara Krystal Read poem →

sun sinks behind sea
shades of blue ripen in sky
moon illuminates

Adrienne Wartts Read poem →

A distant shoreline
the "God Help us" hospice room
with rain on its panes

Paul Cordeiro Read poem →

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

Sara Wilhoite-mathews Read poem →

Old blue dragonfly
Floats unseen along water
Currents of my dreams

Bjorn Bengtsson Read poem →

Crimson rivers swell
Signaling impending storms;
Doves dance on wet clay.

Radhika Baruah Read poem →

ocean breeze arrives
rustling our potted bamboo
window faces west

Lee Hudspeth Read poem →

crystalline water
cradles swimming silver streaks
among swaying reeds.

Marjorie Kutner-greenberg Read poem →

Storm clouds hover high
Rain hangs like mist in mid-air
We yearn for puddles

Cheryl Slover-linett Read poem →

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

Jennifer Montgomery Read poem →

Adrift, weeping sea
violet sky, zeal & lust
but a dolent kiss

Manny Turner Read poem →

Heron in the marsh
Steely gaze, lethal hunter
Still as the Buddha

Michael Chanin Read poem →

Willow branches dance
Warm breeze across the water
Mother calls me home

Erik Hodge Read poem →

Meditative sounds
Of rain nourishing plant life
Reminiscent walks

Rj Tungsten Read poem →

Drowning sun beams shoot
Water is hungry stained glass
Slicing chromatic

Coleman Bomar Read poem →

At trail's crest, new views
Shining pond, dragonfly wings
Transcendent delights

Nancy Beam Read poem →

Warm-stemmed mint wind bends
Soft purple bursts of crocus
White rain spits silver

Gail Ghai Read poem →

the herring swoops low,
slicing the water-mirror -
fracturing sunset

Catherine Minnehan Read poem →

how the wide river
always submits to the sea
halo of the moon

Clifford Rames Read poem →

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

Teresa Stankiewicz Read poem →

geese fly overhead
at the cabin dusk settles
a silent river

Jr Vork Read poem →

above the waters,
over deciduous trees,
covenant rainbow

Valerie Staton Read poem →

sun spills burgundy
sea drunk on late summer light
waves stumble on rocks

John C. Mannone Read poem →

white water plunges
down black rocks, black rocks, black rocks
waterfall music

Sally Elesby Read poem →

cold October rain
tea growing cool in brown mug
muted household sounds

Sandra Barnett Read poem →

Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.

Emilia Rosa Read poem →