Best Haiku Poems

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

See also: examples of haiku poems

dainty daffodil
your golden trumpet fanfares
the dawning of spring

thick blanket of snow
snuggling the flowerbeds 
with a winter wrap

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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Regally they strut
Lions have no ought to roar
Status apparent

Establish importance with quiet visibility without vocality

(Not for any contest)

clement moons lose glow...
sun rises dries dewy tears
heart of mist broken

 © Harry J Horsman 2023

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


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A Traditional Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin

lush her cathedral
  barefoot walking in the woods~

           sacred communion 




7/15/2020


A Contest about a Goddess or a God - not THE God
Caren Krutsinger Sponsor

~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

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

a young wing flutters
     warmer nights laved in moon beams
     spring's new soul takes flight


     03/01/2019
     Spring Haiku Contest
     Sponsored by Tania Kitchen

     2nd. Place

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

11/15/2018

'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

green caterpillar
pupates....
yellow swallowtail

                   gardener's inner joy  

non-traditional

this wind

how it changes direction -

my fickle mind


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Basho Inspired Haiku Contest

© 8th January 2022

toriawase – 

split by a caesura

a rose and her scent

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liquid little stones
skipping and skittering free
on shared umbrellas