1. Haiku Year
Analysis of Form and Technique
JANUARY
Delightful display
Snowdrops bow their pure white heads
To the sun's glory.
Haiku
Haiku Poems
This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin. It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season. Writing a haiku requires effort but the poem is well worth it. It is easy to feel a sense of perfection when viewing a perfectly formed Haiku.
32 All Types of Haiku Poems
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I love this poem sooooo much! Can't stop reading it. I am in love with the absolute perfect descriptions of each month...great job Paul.
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2. Love Haiku
I am over you.
Then my eyes meet yours once more,
and I fall in love.Featured Shared StoryI LOVE this poem! It feels good because I can relate!
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3. Together
You and me alone
Madness of world locked away
Peace and quiet reigns -
4. Eye Of Fire
Your eyes are fire.
Their image burnt into my soul,
Scarred by beauty.Featured Shared StoryMy best friend Wendy wrote a poem about our mutual friend, Lyndon, who died on September 25th 3 years ago. So sadly 1 year later, Wendy, my dearest and best friend, committed suicide. I have...
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5. October's Gold
Like crunchy cornflakes
Gold leaves rustle underfoot
Beauty in decay.Featured Shared StoryI like Haikus and I like this one very much. It goes to prove that just a few well-chosen words can say more effectively than pages full. I love the comparison of cornflakes to dead leaves...
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6. A Caress
Strokes of affection
Light and tenderly expressed
Keep love’s bonds so strong. -
7. Peacefulness
Calm as a river
Tranquility in my heart
Blue summer skies reign.
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8. Love
Love is nature's threads
embroidered in children, stitch
by stitch by a mother. -
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10. Hello Autumn
Warm fall afternoons,
crisp cool eves with harvest moons,
crickets singing tunes,
Featured Shared StoryI'm so happy you enjoyed "Hello Autumn." It has always been my favorite season of the year. I had to think of a way to sum it up completely for a Haiku style poem and this is what I came up...
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11. Ice Cream
Cream, smooth as velvet
A taste, sweet as your first love
Cold and refreshing
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12. "The Fire" In Haiku
I was in fire,
The room was dark and somber.
I sleep peacefully.
Featured Shared StoryIt is a good poem. I like it a lot. It is also narrated well.
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13. A Fish
A swish of tail fins
Silver scales shining brightly
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14. By Candlelight
Yellow flame flickers
Shadows dance upon the wall
Love grows ever strong.
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15. Mellow May
Mellow, mild, May day,
calling children out to play.
Summer's on her way!
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16. Strawberry Moon
Full strawberry moon,
ushers in hot days of June,
high tides fill the dune,
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17. A Rainbow (Haiku)
Crescent of colours
Arching high above our heads.
Sunshine brings us hope.
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18. The Rain
The pitter patter
Sound of the heavenly rain
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19. The Pink Summer Sphere
The chill, worming in
Shock, pleasure, bursting within
Summer tongue awakesFeatured Shared StoryThis haiku just makes me want to close my eyes and picture in my head a beautiful flower garden, swaying in the cool breeze on a hot summer day. It also gives me the chills!
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20. A Morning (Haiku)
Bees nudged the flowers
Babies peeped out of the nest
One fine crisp morning.
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