Best Haiku Poems

These are some of the best haiku poems written by web poets on PoetrySoup.com.

See also: examples of haiku poems

thick blanket of snow
snuggling the flowerbeds 
with a winter wrap

Jan Allison



6th October 2014

Such precious gemstones
Morning dew shines like diamonds
God’s tears from heaven

Written on 18th February 2 days before my father died


Posted 22nd February 2015

afterglow
dark ripples still warm
from sunrise

paper boat--
how far will it carry
my child's smile






© kash poet (kashinath karmakar)


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pink marshmallow clouds
tinted by the setting sun
artist mixes oils

11/13/19

a cluster of dreams
waiting for a puff of wind -
the freedom to roam


_____________________  

A Traditional Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin

~twice the beauty~


in the sea of love 
reflection of the night 
a wave moves


~SKAT~

Nature's wake from sleep
Life flirts with beauty
a time for flowers to flaunt

flames of desire
as I hold my love close. . . 
the sky has caught fire

8/24/2015
For Line Gauthier's 'Bite Size Poem no17' Poetry Contest 

Purple butterfly
Bush grows weary with its load
Covered with gold wings

writing as I drift

   on the ocean's endless blue. . . 

                     my soul over        flows


For the 'Charm me ~' Poetry Contest of Line Gauthier

diamond dewdrops
glisten on gossamer threads
morning has broken

23rd May 2016

spilling mother’s milk
Nature’s bounty feeds her child -
river’s youth fades fast


Susan Ashley
April 29, 2020


~ Fourth Place ~
Premiere Contest: Hi-Ku (5)
Sponsor: Brian Strand

poet’s jasmine vine

      incense of inspiration

spirit in the night


Susan Ashley
November 8, 2020


~ Poem Of The Day ~
November 10, 2020

cold-cling of Winter
wrapped in sweaters, wound in scarves —
fashion for snowmen

11/15/2018

magenta pink sky
songbirds singing melodies -
peony opens

green caterpillar
pupates....
yellow swallowtail

                   gardener's inner joy  

non-traditional

'neath buttermilk skies 
my soul on the horizon -
I have found my voice 


Susan Ashley 
April 26, 2020


~ Third Place ~
Morning Praise Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Raul Moreno

this wind

how it changes direction -

my fickle mind


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Basho Inspired Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Damned I-Be
© 8th January 2022 

liquid little stones
skipping and skittering free
on shared umbrellas

Gullies scar brown earth
     Hurricanes bring erosion
          Of both soil and lives

Sealing eyes of sky,
       Descend upon straps of light,
Dusk…now dreams the night...

a child plays alone

watching from behind a tree

the predator smiles

       summer's lavish brush
canvas stroked in billowed swirls…
    daydreams framed in blue 

           -16 Jun 2014-
             David Mohn

before melting---
her eyelashes' flicker
with my every breath