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Sky, Moon & Stars Haiku Poems

Celestial haiku looking upward to daylight, night skies, and distant light.

759 published haiku
Roseate Spoonbills
travelling west with their own
piece of the sunset
Jane Berg Read poem →
fading horizon
black trees, wispy clouds, bright stars
nautical twilight
Rachel Zempel Read poem →
Drowning sun beams shoot
Water is hungry stained glass
Slicing chromatic
Coleman Bomar Read poem →
Slanted morning sun
falls on a red butterfly,
wings folded to pray.
Stephen Ullom Read poem →
late afternoon sun
through the used bookstore window
smell of old paper
Jessica Hoard Read poem →
the herring swoops low,
slicing the water-mirror -
fracturing sunset
Catherine Minnehan Read poem →
jagged lightning streaks
scribble across darkened sky
low thunder mutters
Bill Melton Read poem →
rusted yellow truck
in a dandelion field
how bright the noon sun
Carrie Ann Thunell Read poem →
how the wide river
always submits to the sea
halo of the moon
Clifford Rames Read poem →
Floating butterfly
Fresh feathery wings hold her
Poised in the blue sky
Suzy Kenway Read poem →
ribbon of silver
sky tangles high-rise dreams whirl
balloon hearts take flight
Darren Black Read poem →
baseball on TV
sound of bats making contact
under clear blue skies
Sandra Barnett Read poem →
a flock of starlings,
just so, like flecks of pepper
sprinkled on the moon
Michael Babcock Read poem →
yellow sunflowers
paradise to many birds
turn to face the sun
Laura Steidl Read poem →
the harvest moon shines
solitary traveler
stops to rest awhile
Kathryn Lea Temple Read poem →
saffroned winter sun
caught amid the leafless trees
sky of frosting clouds
John Lawrence Darretta Read poem →
earth bows to the sun
prelude to a masterpiece
spring fills its palette
Patricia Pella Read poem →
geese fly overhead
at the cabin dusk settles
a silent river
Jr Vork Read poem →
Window candles glow
Lighthouse beams guide sailing ships
Moon plays with the stars
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
midnight serenade
velvet sky donned in diamonds
waltzing silouettes
Patricia Rossi 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 →
Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.
Emilia Rosa Read poem →
heavy clouds descend
beach plunges into gray gloom
sky is lost at sea
Nells Wasilewski Read poem →
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
Madeline Lee-mabe Read poem →
I dream while night sleeps
stars come and drink from my hand
love simple abounds
Tim Mueller Read poem →
Open road stretching
Sunshine paled by dark lenses
The spice of freedom
Chris Wood Read poem →
Your rich white spotlight
Throws wavy pink stripes westward
Once in a blue moon
Arona Fay Roshal Read poem →
Hollowed out logs lie
sun-drenched within a clearing-
stress evaporates.
James Howard Read poem →
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
Valerie Staton Read poem →
bees flit through velvet
sway of sedge and pink foxglove
sun-dried clouds soak earth
Fatima Ammar Read poem →
trees swollen with leaves
a red ball low in the sky
crimson foliage
Sylvia Semel Read poem →
on old sand scrubbed brick
senorita arching high
loves miles of blue sky
Amber Dennis Read poem →
Under a half-moon
is a determined cricket
live and in concert
Billy Tuggle Read poem →
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Melissa Laussmann Read poem →
Fireflies dancing
The stars play a melody
Only lovers know
Jessica Degamo Read poem →