Short Haibun Poems

Short Haibun Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Haibun poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Haibun poetry form by poem length and keyword.


Rice Terraces

Mu Cang Chai's rice terraces in Northern Vietnam.

a stunning beauty,
a breathtaking masterpiece
so nice rice terraces


Vinaceous Rosefinch

In the high beautiful Himalayas mountains!

in the high mountains
flashes of beautiful rose,
and wine-red plumage.

Foggy Night

foggy night
a cobweb catches
the glow of fluorescents


haiku part of haibun


Published:  Contemporary Haibun Online
Form: Haiku

Farmers Life!

Family Portrait of Lucky, Willem Joseph 1738-1798.

wow! the farmers life!
countryside weather and food
so natural drink!

Rich

I found it very deep, very nice, and so very interesting!

"you are not a rich
until you have something/s
money can not buy"
men


Childlike Emotions

Cry over spilled milk
Laugh and dance the next moment
Childlike emotions observed


Like a Child Poetry ‘contest
Jun 28, 2022

Happy Pronouns

H has E; S has H and E; Y has O and U; W has E; T has H, E and Y.

the happy pronouns
who always stick together -
only I'm alone

Cryptomeria

Ancient tree, girth 7.04 m & height 35 m, over 1000 years old!

one thousand years old
very old  tree in Japan
Cryptomeria

My Way

After enormous loss, I’m sure most of us have been here...


you were never there
when I worked my way through it
I made it without.
© Neil Johns  Create an image from this poem.

El salto Angel Falls!!

El salto Ángel Falls in Venezuela, about 1000 meters (3281 ft).

it is Angel Falls
waterfall in the whole world ~
tallest and highest!

Romantic Love

To a poet, it's not easy to hide his true love or her true love ;-)
to real poet,
it's hard to hide his true love
or her own true love ;-)

Self-defense

"Self-defense applies
when you truly own the land
not when you steal it"

I love above lines
make a lot of sense to me
read it again please

Soup Mailbox

My Soup Mailbox often is empty! That's great, I do not like tattling

I love to face poets
face to face without hiding ~
leaky tale bearing 

monoku haiku haibun!

A Stone On the Bed of a River

Sometimes I feel like a stone on the bed of a fast-flowing mountain river: namelessness, immobility, contemplation;

nor past nor future
instantaneous rapid 
stream of illusions

Bedtime Poem

Angel dances by the pond
Like fairies all night long
Music playing
All voice chanting
Moonlight shinning as they go along
Singing the night away 
Sending good dreams all night long.

Gardens Above Ground

Balconies 
are decorated
with daisies.

The perfumed 
geraniums
hang like plants.

Beautiful
are the gardens
above ground. 

They are seen
in New Orleans,
not elsewhere.

.

Allah

(And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.) John 17:3. 

Allah is the only God, but, Jesus is one of his messengers.

Premium Member Our golden years

We only have a few years if that. I'll be damned if I'm just going to coast through the rest of my life.


so much to do
so much to see
~ make it happen



AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Almanac

The word almanac is originally Arabic word means literally weather, astronomical data, and (sun, moon, and many stars) observations.

almanac or al-manakh
the weather data
Arabic origin word

Premium Member A Million Memories

An aunt so loving and true. An aunt that never made me blue. An aunt I miss more than I knew.

 

An aunt so loving

Loving memories of you

One in a million
 

Date Written: 6/25/2020

Premium Member Not Quite Picture Perfect

A stitch in time saves nine, lest, out of step lose pep, 'ere gains back mislaid track; cruise control, lose neutral.

practice makes perfect as perfect is relative subject is practice

Rain on the road

Rain on the road


The bus stops beside a flooded lane. Children step around the puddles as if they are crossing small oceans.


monsoon afternoon 
a paper boat survives 
the passing wheels

Pachyphytum

Pachyphytum is a small genus of succulents in the family Crassulaceae, native to Mexico. Lovely rounded leaves and nice flowers!

sugar almond plant
neat silvery light green leaves
reddish-pink flowers!

Language

Some posters make fun of my language/s. I knew their mother/s language/s, but they do not know my mother language. Please, see who is who!?

I knew languages
Some ancient and some modern
I love languages!

Premium Member In My Sketchbook

waka,tanka,yugen
elegant poem-songs to pen

haiga,wenren,haiku
multi-talents to read or view

renga,haikai,haibun
light or long,poetry-prose can be fun

senryu,kigo kireji
the cutting word..is the key
Form: Couplet

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