Water Haiku Poems

Island on water 
someone's perfect paradise 
miles away from home...

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Don't destroy the jug
That gives you water before
unused, give a hug....

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Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku

Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.

Because morning glories
held my...

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neglected fruit trees 
moss covers old water trough 
ivy climbs through fence



*My grandfather was always outside cleaning the brush away and now that he's passed...

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sky is blue canvas 
overflowing with sun's light 
water glistens bright...

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from summertime rain 
water spots on windows cling 
just like dishwasher...

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bridges inspire me 
water frees my inner child 
sky lifts my spirit...

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Beat the heat, swim hard
Dive into cool water right
Into your backyard....

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In morning’s dim light
Water says ‘please, let me too,
have my rainy day’

Watch... as sprinkling ends
Sun turning drops into mist
Then, see light sparkling.

___*___

Sun returns, ruling
Nature rising,...

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In marriage, there's fear
People always have regrets
Think mud in water....

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Money is neutral
It's the current that quarrel
The peaceful water....

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Small things matter
In an exceptional way
Cause troubled water....

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asleep in a bloom
on the lake of pearl moonbeams
water lily dreams

green frog in black night
drifting in rock-a-bye dark
where stars make their mark

moonlight tiptoes soft
on cool...

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The other side of nowhere

Clear running water.
The other side of nowhere.
In the deep forest.

A place we once played.
Away from the scorching sun.
As children we joyed....

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   placid… the surface …

   not one ripple seen… though ‘neath

     dark waters ~ sharks preen
...

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