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Summer Haiku Poems

Warm-weather haiku filled with long light, heat, insects, and abundance.

219 published haiku
red-winged blackbird’s flight
among the summer rainfall
a blue sky promise
Joanna Ashwell Read poem →
June summer heatwave
Sticks to warm soul, winds bellow
Against my sharp skin
Aaqilah Mangarun Read poem →
Dancing clouds shape dreams
Streaking sun warms summer's grass
Universal peace
Carl Redick Read poem →
warm sunshine beckons
dragonflies dance on the threads
woven in my dress
Debosmita Routh Read poem →
white linen dresses
pressed against the summer heat
cottonwood seed fluff
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
autumn trees aflame
blazing canopies burn red
summer's fling consumed
Christa Planko Read poem →
Old blue dragonfly
Floats unseen along water
Currents of my dreams
Bjorn Bengtsson Read poem →
car engine idling
watching turtles cross the road
summer construction
Jerry Levy Read poem →
Beginning of Fall
Seersucker suit put away
with the summer tan
Chris Wood Read poem →
Bee shadows flutter
Over lavender blossoms -
Summer's end begins
Robert Walton Read poem →
blinking fireflies
hiding and seeking lovers
playing mating games
Douglas Lanzo Read poem →
Summer fog rolls in.
Dewdrops bead the blooming rose.
Breathe the scented air.
Miriam Aroner Read poem →
At trail's crest, new views
Shining pond, dragonfly wings
Transcendent delights
Nancy Beam Read poem →
lone cottonwood leaf
spirals in harsh summer heat
grass yellows loudly
Shay Wills Read poem →
Hibiscus flowers
Wither in the new darkness
Waiting for summer
Pj Amendolia Read poem →
blue and green marbles
rolling through the empty house
looking for summer
Althea Rowe Watson Read poem →
Sequins meet black tie
stained with pink cotton candy
funky summer love
Lorraine Rose Read poem →
cracked August soil--
towards my watering can
raindrops tumble slow
Ave Jeanne Ventresca Read poem →
sun spills burgundy
sea drunk on late summer light
waves stumble on rocks
John C. Mannone Read poem →
Swollen russet heads
nod sun-stained petals to earth
in summer's last sigh
Shellie Austin Read poem →
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
Madeline Lee-mabe Read poem →
Loon's transcendent voice
Sings softly its summer song
Old sounds, still awed world
Mary Crane Fahey Read poem →
Chasing fireflies
Flickers of light are taunting
Still elude my grasp
Tina Mckeon Read poem →
Fireflies dancing
The stars play a melody
Only lovers know
Jessica Degamo Read poem →
Summer birds in flight
Ducks and geese go drifting by
Stillness of the lake
Bruce Levine Read poem →
Late September heat;
Insects swarm the sunflowers,
Sipping summer's end.
Robert Baldwin Read poem →
silence stills the lake
dragonflies reflect rainbows
lightly on paper wings
Lianne Kamp Read poem →
Fireflies dart and flash
Among the oaks and dogwoods.
Porch swing softly creaks.
Rlm Cooper Read poem →
Summer light, transposed
on my walls. A prison cell.
I, humble captive.
Connor Bjotvedt Read poem →
fresh washed sheets, sun-dried
crisp and summer-breeze scented
promise serene dreams
Shirley Harshenin Read poem →
silver crescent moon
a beacon of summer night
dancing on water
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Meadow of candles
on a placid moonlit night
fireflies resting.
Mariangela Canzi Read poem →
My summer garden
Romaine lettuce straight and tall -
Friends come to my gate
Carl Redick Read poem →
last summer's beech leaves
hang tough in the heavy snow -
they're stubborn that way
David Richardson Read poem →
smiling summer falls
autumnal leaves pale and pass
weary winter springs
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
Dead trees darkened skies
Winter silhouettes invert
Sparklers in July
Nicholas Campbell Read poem →