Rain Haiku Poems

Middle of July
Breathless days and sauna nights
Summer's lethargy

In their garden pool
Irises rise cool and tall
Like pastel water

Laughter of the rain
Crisp and clean like silver bells
Cool...

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early morning rain
quenches parched peony blooms ~
dewy effloresce...

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A SUMMER JUXTAPOSITION)

Wow…90 degrees!
Suddenly, white clouds...dark blue:
Then, steaming rain falls

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Outpouring of rain
Drumbeat my heart to supple
Rocketing my soul....

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about winter, cold, rain, rains, frost, frosts, snow, snowflakes, wind, children, childhood, hail, hail stones, winter life. 

Mushroom-gathering,
rushing to...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness.

Such coolness
when shouldered:
the summer’s first melon.
—Matsuo...

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Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc.

Blame the rainy season
for my absence,
old friend Moon.
—Matsuo Basho,...

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dark clouds are forming
     a smell of rain in the air
calm before the storm
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Pitter patter rain
soft sweet chirrups fill the sky
a lone bird flies high...

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late day summer rain
brings gifts of vibrant rainbows ~
prismatic vision...

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 between two buildings

running down the rain soaked alley

a man and women holding hands

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No More War

Marching boots echo
no birds sing in the  
shattered valleys.

Children’s toys buried
beneath the smoking ruins
where  are they ?

Flags wave in triumph,
but mothers...

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