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Death Haiku Poems

These Death Haiku poems are examples of Haiku poems about Death. These are the best examples of Haiku Death poems written by international poets.


Horn Death Haiku
Horn Death Haiku

many mistakes made
afraid of being afraid
in a grave have laid
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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allegory, analogy,



Death and Dying Horn Haiku
Death and Dying Horn Haiku

Getting to the point
where there is hardly any
left hanging around.

should be pretty soon
none no longer will be here
who can call the...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allegory, analogy,

The last moments of my life
Dear PoetrySoup
To my best nine days
50 poems sent
...

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Categories: 10th grade, child, children,

Leaving PoetrySoup, see you on the other side
I have to leave you
I am going to die soon
See you in heaven...

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Categories: 10th grade, bible, child,

What You Can’t See
fifteen and fragile,
I carry storms in my chest
no one asks about....

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Categories: 10th grade, children, death,



What I left behind
a locked door, one light,
pages full of almosts and
songs I never sang....

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Categories: 10th grade, children, death,

Premium Member haiku 10
lamenting prevail

With white wings of an angel

Unable to touch
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Categories: angel, death, desire, flying,

Premium Member Silent Reminders
an ache I carry
reminds me she existed
her—absence, presence
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Categories: death, family, loneliness, longing,

Vanished
Where do dreams go come 
Dawn with her radiant glow 
Shadows in darkness...

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Categories: anxiety, dark, death, dream,

Love hits
It will hit you hard
All of the times you could have
Told them "i love you".
...

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Categories: death, i miss you,

if the sea ran dry
if the sea ran dry
every soul would know it
die; then be noticed...

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© Zoe Johns  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, betrayal, death, loneliness,

Premium Member cocktail night
as I taste glass time 
do the dead dance in champagne...
moon drips opal wine

March 16th 2025
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Categories: dance, death, moon,

Winds of March through Golden Arch
this may seem (sound) absurd
up much trouble he has stirred
being tough old bird 

an honest life lead
wife and me we had been wed
prayers to God...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allegory, analogy,

Premium Member Musing on the Death Penalty
A double murderer
Shot before a firing squad
Justice or revenge?

An eye for an eye
So, the old law book conveys
Punishment for sin

Society’s way
To rid town square of...

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Categories: 12th grade, abuse, death,

Premium Member Life and Death
into reticence 
a silent hive where worms thrive 
past lives make their bed...

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Categories: death, life, nature,


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