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Water Haiku Poems

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

Crabs

a crab sheds his shell 
          vulnerable for six weeks
a new shell appears

stronger than ever
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Categories: beach, body, change, creation,

river's ancient king hiku


For Sir Brian Strand's 1397 Poetry Contest

18 July 2025


         
     green scales on...

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Categories: animal, nature,

from heights

from heights
majestic beauty
rushing to a roar



AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: beautiful, beauty, nature, water,

Turtle

slow moving reptile
lives inside leathery shell
     good pet for a child
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Categories: fun, nature, pets, water,

swans


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Categories: nature, sunshine,

sound of the tide hiku

For Sir Brian Strand's 1396 Poetry Contest 

15 July 2025 


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Categories: nature, ocean, sea, sound,

Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about Winter 1

Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing.

The year’s first snowfall;
such happiness to be
at...

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Categories: children, fire, fish, fun,

Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Spring 2

Matsuo Basho English Translations of haiku about spring, birds, bats, butterflies, flowers, sun, cherry.

Seeing them naked
almost makes me caress
the wanton flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael...

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Categories: bird, butterfly, culture, earth,

Possum

babies on her back
     the possum crossed the river
          a log was...

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Categories: animal, baby, mother, river,

whirlpool

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Categories: insect, water,

Sink or Swim

Drowning in sorrow
because you are leaving me.
I jumped in too soon.

As I flail about,
will you toss me a life ring,
or a concrete block?

Both are solutions
to...

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Categories: lost love, water,

4 Haiku

1

Aged bench 
under apple tree shadows _
Father’s Day 

2

crack-made lines
a dancing figure _
the broken cup


3

sweat bowl surface 
meets moist air _
beads of water 

4

from henhouse...

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Categories: emotions, imagery, nature,

A Night of '89

A Night of '89

Footsteps at midnight
the knock no one dared answer.
Dogs howled in silence.

Charred Bodies on the road,
eyes still open to the sky.
The crows never...

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Categories: anger, cry, death, fear,

Summer Haiku

the heat is now on
thank God for the cool A/C
heading for a pool...

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Categories: fun, summer, sun, uplifting,

Water and Spark - Haiku 19

Written: June 12, 2025, for Contest by Brian Strand

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Categories: analogy, water,