Best haikus on the Internet? Volume 1.


The haikus and other micropoems here are mainly from Haikuniverse, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, and Modern Haiku. I have put a * by my favourites.  (And I have not included my own efforts.)
  
  
no costume required
this year's mask
my aging face
By Betsy Andrea Mars [Haikuniverse 31.10.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/halloween-haiku-3-of-25-by-betsy-andrea-mars/



fork and spoon elope
then knife enters
honeymoon over
By Brian Rosenberger
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-brian-rosenberger/


Earth wind fire water
And plastic
The fifth element
By Joe Caperna
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-joe-caperna-2/


Beach town
The rise and fall
Of sandcastles
By Debbi Antebi [haikuniverse 4.8.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-debbi-antebi-8/


She calls Dad’s night shift
a "night fish," farewelling him
with seawater eyes.
By Adele Gallogy [haikuniverse 2.8.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-adele-gallogly/


solitary grain
seep into my oyster bed
And father my pearl
By Kathleen (Kat) Mulvihill [haikuniverse 24.7.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-kathleen-kat-mulvihill/


Somewhere on
an old mixtape,
you are waiting.
First Love by Lisa Morlock [haikuniverse 14.7.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/first-love-by-lisa-morlock/


Not everything rises
to the level of poetry
Some things must
descend to it 
By J.R. Solonche [haikuniverse 1.7.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/poetry-by-j-r-solonche/


Night was draped in a black flag,
one glittery shoulder exposed.
By Howie Good [haikuniverse 7.5.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-howie-good-4/


your vine climbs my fence
a millimeter
a day
by Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo [haikuniverse 14.2.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-3-of-25-by-dennis-andrew-s-aguinaldo/


under one umbrella –
one of us
gets wet
By Alvin B. Cruz [haikuniverse 14.2.25]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-1-of-25-by-alvin-b-cruz/


of course we sit
in front of the aquarium in the dining room
with captain’s hat
By Daniel Büttrich [haikuniverse 21.11.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-daniel-buttrich-2/


eighth birthday
her new front teeth
whistle softly
By Angele Ellis [Haikuniverse 20.9.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-angele-ellis-9/


in the surf
a how-salty-is-the-water kiss
By Julian Heylinck [Haikuniverse 12.9.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-julian-heylinck-8/


who knows
what a snail gets up to
inside the shell
By Melissa Dennison [Haikuniverse 19.8.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-melissa-dennison/


thorn’s story…
is red rose
the villain?
*By Srini [Haikuniverse 6.8.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-srini-3/


I am the poet
The poems are up in smoke
I am the fire
By Tavish [Haikuniverse 21.7.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-tavish/


so near and yet
sofa
By Helen Buckingham [Haikuniverse 20.7.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-helen-buckingham-10/


still
in hot
pursuit of a
perfect o-shaped smoke ring
By Phynne-Belle [Haikuniverse 14.7.24] 
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-phynnebelle/


pencil shavings
the familiar scent
of childhood
By Mona Bedi [Haikuniverse 24.6.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-mona-bedi-5/


Election season
two stubborn frogs neither
willing to croak first
By Winston Munn [Haikuniverse 26.3.24] 
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-winston-munn/


daydreaming
about you
on my ‘stop-doing’ list
By Petra Schmidt [Haikuniverse 20.3.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-petra-schmidt-3/


destroyed bridges –
a void of arches filled with wind
Maria Malferrari [Haikuniverse 17.3.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-maria-malferrari-8/


cat to the power of superstitions
Srini [Haikuniverse 10.3.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-srini-2/


My love
Will open the door, well, maybe
Just the window
By Sarah Mahina Calvello [Haikuniverse 22.2.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-sarah-mahina-calvello-3/


Gaza…
in the dragon’s mouth
more fire
By Lucia Cardillo [Haikuniverse 21.2.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-lucia-cardillo-8/


Daisies–little suns–
Your petals are safe today–
I know he loves me
By Lorna Wood [Haikuniverse 14.2.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-7-of-25-by-lorna-wood/


voice of mom and dad
one in each ear whispering
different stories
pair by r soos [Haikuniverse 17.1.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/pair-by-r-soos/


The poet shivers
Feeling under the weather
Haiku! Gesundheit.
By Robert Schatz [Haikuniverse 8.1.24]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-robert-schatz/
 
autumn wind
my wig runs after
the leaves
*By Nazarena Rampini [Haikuniverse 12.11.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nazarena-rampini-13/


winds blew his scattered
ashes back into my face
for a good-bye kiss
By James Penha [Haikuniverse 31..10.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/halloween-haiku-24-of-25-by-james-penha/


science project
the melting point
of a wicked witch
By Laurie Greer [Haikuniverse 31.10.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/halloween-haiku-17-of-25-by-laurie-greer-2/


Half the poems are written
about the moon. Jupiter has
twelve. Poets must go crazy.
*On Jupiter by Bob Rosenbloom [Haikuniverse 29.10.23]
 https://haikuniverse.com/on-jupiter-by-bob-rosenbloom/


Only Google knows
how many times
I have typed your name
By Benno Schmidt [Haikuniverse 5.10.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-benno-schmidt-8/


lips i kissed
a while ago, now
playing harmonica
By Alvin B. Cruz [Haikuniverse 1.9.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-alvin-b-cruz-7/


God’s dilemma
He must save the antelope
And feed the lion
By Adekola Emmanuel Adebowale [Haikuniverse 28.7.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-adekola-emmanuel-adebowale/


the classic
I pretend to like
for no one
By Wai Mei Wong [Haikuniverse 5.7.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-wai-mei-wong/


a caterpillar
climbing the vine climbing
a tree
By Vibha Malhotra [Haikuniverse 17.5.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-vibha-malhotra-2/


funeral
the few people
he had bet on
By Daniel Birnbaum [Haikuniverse 26.4.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-daniel-birnbaum-2/


third anniversary
with my fourth husband
or is it fourth with third
By Roberta Beach Jacobson [Haikuniverse 13.4.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-roberta-beach-jacobson-9/


it snowed
but sadly
not enough for one snowball
By Ed Bremson [Haikuniverse 20.3.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-ed-bremson-3/


precious are the few
less precious are the many
if you ask the few
By Tomas O’Leary [Haikuniverse 8.3.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-tomas-oleary-17/


We had common ground
Back when there were just three
Channels to watch
By Jennifer Gurney [Haikuniverse 15.2.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jennifer-gurney/


marginalia -
the evidence of those
who came before
By Bonnie J Scherer [Haikuniverse 5.2.23]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-bonnie-j-scherer/


“You deserve the silk”
Say the creatures who wove it
Out of their asses
*By Michael Francis O’Donovan [Haikuniverse 26.11.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-michael-francis-odonovan/


half of my mind on God
and the other half on sex:
eternal hunger
By R.K. Singh [Haikuniverse 13.11.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-r-k-singh-3/


the wave and the rock -
deluding myself it is forever.
*By Maria Malferrari [Haikuniverse 12.9.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-maria-malferrari-6/


Too many roads in the world.
Too many cars in the world.
Too much world in the world.
At the Window, by J.R. Solonche [Haikuniverse 10.9.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/at-the-window-by-j-r-solonche/


after rain
a blue sky
I don’t trust
By Robert Epstein [Haikuniverse 1.9.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-robert-epstein-2/


heat
her diary makes a perfect
hand fan
By Anna Goluba [Haikuniverse 28.8.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-anna-goluba-9/


she appears
not far from the tree
wearing a snake
By Dan Smith [Haikuniverse 21.8.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-dan-smith/


morning sky
how would you look
if you were a cloud
By Maria Concetta Conti [Haikuniverse 2.8.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-maria-concetta-conti-7/


overhearing a conversation,
I wonder:
are my stories this boring, too?
By Shai Afsai [Haikuniverse 26.7.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-shai-afsai-3/


sugar-coated
I taste
your lies
By Lorelyn De la Crus Arevalo [Haikuniverse 1.6.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-lorelyn-de-la-cruz-arevalo/


I can’t give you the moon and stars,
but you’re always welcome to look
through my telescope
By Bartholomew Barker [Haikuniverse 14.2.22]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-3-of-25-by-bartholomew-barker/


I’m lazy, baby.
When I roll up my sleeves, it’s
a fashion statement.
By Jane Wallace Pearson [Haikuniverse 17.12.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jane-wallace-pearson/


meeting over –
all the yawns
turn to applause
By Muskaan Ahuja [Haikuniverse 13.12.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-muskaan-ahuja-6/


Obsession –
a woodpecker beats
the same point
*By Antonio Sacco [Haikuniverse 29.10.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-antonio-sacco-6/


infinity
not enough time
with right person
By Joan Leotta [Haikuniverse 8.10.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-joan-leotta/


sometimes you turn the page
sometimes you are the page
leaf turns from tree to tree
By Tricia Marcella Cimera [Haikuniverse 5.10.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-tricia-marcella-cimera-8/


On Planet Grandma
The sky is filled with children
Circling above her
By David J. Bookbinder [Haikuniverse 18.9.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-david-j-bookbinder/


read me like a story
lick me like a stamp
send me to heaven
By Genie Nakano [Haikuniverse 1.9.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-genie-nakano-2/


algebra class
My mind is one
of the variables 
By Srinivas S [Haikuniverse 23.8.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-srinivas-s-6/


children’s silence
all eyes
on the spider
By Theresa A. Cancro [Haikuniverse 13.8.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-theresa-a-cancro/


Broken typewriter…
How many poems
Are left inside it?
By Anna Goluba [Haikuniverse 9.6.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-anna-goluba-7/


Yellow leaves drop down
like old phone books from heaven.
One has your number.
*By Allen Guest [Haikuniverse 14.5.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-allen-guest/


“forever!”
a scam on the edge of your lips
By Maria Malferrari [Haikuniverse 12.5.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-maria-malferrari-3/


the dry grass
swishes back and forth
nasal hair
By David Roberts [Haikuniverse 25.4.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-david-roberts/


Caught between the angry
Conversation of sea and shore
Shells remain silent
*By Laurie Kuntz [Haikuniverse 19.4.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-laurie-kuntz/


My man’s like glitter
After our first time out
I can’t get rid of him
By Elaine Person [Haikuniverse 14.2.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-19-of-25-by-elaine-person/


White house breaking news
more bird tweets
than Trump tweets
By Douglas J. Lanzo [Haikuniverse 23.1.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-douglas-j-lanzo/


dried apricots
dipped in dark chocolate–
why aliens invade
By M. Shayne Bell [Haikuniverse 12.1.21]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-m-shayne-bell-5/


distant ship–
the waves bring me back
pieces of the moon 
By Dennys Cambarau [Haikuniverse 23.12.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-dennys-cambarau-3/


as rain writes
poems on windscreen
wipers turn the pages
By Ram Chandran [Haikuniverse 21.12.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-ram-chandran/


the autumn trees’
slow striptease
arouses winter
*By Sharon Suzuki-Martinez [Haikuniverse 2.12.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-sharon-suzuki-martinez/


away from my warm bed
the rooms have conspired
with winter
By David Watts [Haikuniverse 22.11.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-david-watts/


lady bug
clings to window screen
wants in
By Lisa Reynolds [Haikuniverse 27.10.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-lisa-reynolds/


without request or eye-contact
raising one’s feet in the air
to make way for the vacuum
By M.A. Istvan Jr. [Haikuniverse 8.10.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-m-a-istvan-jr-3/


so many stories
being written nowadays
it’s a pendemic
By Paul Finkleman [Haikuniverse 2.5.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-paul-finkleman-2/


Chirp chirp chirp
I try to answer,
but I don’t speak Sparrow
Bird Talk by Elizabeth Marchitti [Haikuniverse 9.4.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/bird-talk-by-elizabeth-marchitti/


What poetry is
This life’s humiliations
Painted as flowers
By Natalie Marino [Haikuniverse 18.2.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-natalie-marino/


Valentine’s sign
in the lingerie shop
“Love is Not Blind”
By Carol Raisfield [Haikuniverse 14.2.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-22-of-25-by-carol-raisfeld/


mobile phone
vibrating on my pillow
your name in lights
By Ciarán Parkes [Haikuniverse 14.2.20]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-10-of-25-by-ciaran-parkes/


big rain left
countless
small lakes stayed
By Tony Tran [Haikuniverse 6.12.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-tony-tran-3/


If grand is big,
why call me granddaughter?
Asks my granddaughter!
By Gulnar Raheem Khan [Haikuniverse 4.9.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-gulnar-raheem-khan/


She loved to move house
It made dying easier
Just another move
*By Katarina Graah-Hagelbäck [Haikuniverse 14.8.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-katarina-graah-hagelback-4/


movies in dreams
only play
once
By Greer Woodward [Haikuniverse 24.5.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-greer-woodward-4/


a snail’s heart
does it race
when in love?
By Rp Verlaine [Haikuniverse 30.4.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-rp-verlaine-2/


Valentine’s Day party
only mom at the preschool
without a ring
By Tia Hayes [Haikuniverse 14.2.19]
https://haikuniverse.com/valentines-day-haiku-10-of-25-by-tia-haynes/


a goblin perused
an Internet dating site
he found a ghoulfriend
By Elaine Person [Haikuniverse 31.10.18]
https://haikuniverse.com/halloween-haiku-16-of-25-by-elaine-person/


my second
wish is not to have
a third one
By Mark Paolini [Haikuniverse 27.5.18]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-mark-paolini/


Police called last night
Are you Samuel’s mother?
I almost said No.
Wake Up by Amy Fish [Haikuniverse 21.4.18]
https://haikuniverse.com/wake-up-by-amy-fish/


The birds too
Curse the barbed wire
On the prison fence
By RP Verlaine [Haikuniverse 12.4.18]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-rp-verlaine/


too warm for snow
too cold for snow
just white
By Mark Gilbert [Haikuniverse 19.2.18]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-mark-gilbert-5/


footprint in red dust
mountain impossibly tall
in the Martian distance
By Frank Coffman [Haikuniverse 21.6.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-frank-coffman/


corduroy
the music of
her thighs
*By Stephen Colgan [Haikuniverse 31.3.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-stephen-colgan/


Texting Driver:
Tarantula fingers
Flirting with death
*By Edward Ferri, Jr. [Haikuniverse 9.3.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-edward-ferri-jr/


she wanted to be the woman
you’d remember
to buy flowers for
By Elizabeth Helmich [Haikuniverse 26.2.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-elizabeth-helmich/


lifting a pail of water
the effort
on her lips
By Nikhil Nath [Haikuniverse 21.2.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nikhil-nath/


old amusement park
only the stars
twinkle
By Billy Antonio [Haikuniverse 6.1.17]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-billy-antonio-3/


under the umbrella
stormy face
By Michael Dylan Welch [Haikuniverse 4.9.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-michael-dylan-welch-3/


Hornets in their nest,
ants in hills and bees in hives…
Can it be Sunday?
By Stanley H. Barkan (Haikuniverse 2.7.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/senryu-by-stanley-h-barkan/


Poetry:
the shortest distance
between tears
By Hanoch Guy [Haikuniverse 29.6.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-hanoch-guy-5/
 
Hurricane Linda
swirls her hot damp skirts our way
tropical tango
By Diane Gage [Haikuniverse 20.5.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-diane-gage-3/


Sometimes “seems” is as
Good as “is” or at least it
Seems that way right now
*By J.K. Durick [Haikuniverse 10.3.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-j-k-durick-3/


Blues musicians
make no money, have no fame.
Poets understand.
By David Flynn [Haikuniverse 17.2.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-david-flynn-2/


time to choose again
the pain of discipline or
the pain of regret
By Diane Gage [Haikuniverse 14.1.16]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-diane-gage-2/


my garden grows worms
weeds and windblown trash. Savor
its lone fat carrot.
By Robert Alan Lawrence [Haikuniverse 10.9.15]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-robert-alan-lawrence/


Black and white kitten
lying under clothesline in
soft circles of sleep
By Joan McNerney [Haikuniverse 26.8.15]
https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-joan-mcnerney/


maybe
just maybe
cherry blossoms
By Chad Lee Robinson
https://dakotaku.wordpress.com/tag/haikuniverse/


night stroll
a lamp post outshining
the full moon
By Shiva Bhusal [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 7.2]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/05-2024


lingering drought
dust hangs over
our conversation
By Sue Courtney [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 7.2]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/05-2024


waiting in silence
the humpback whales
release their breath
By C. Jean Downer [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 6.2]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/06-2023


buttering toast
Mom tells me how to spread
her ashes
By Kerry J. Heckman [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 6.2]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/06-2023


early haze
mom calls my daughter
by my name
By Mirela Brăilean [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 6.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2022


fallen red cherry leaf –
warmth of mother’s hand
after her last breath
By Keiko Iwaza [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/11-2022


full moon
I could walk across the lake
on a strip of light
By Wilda Morris [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/07-2022


lilies of the valley
and still the grey wrinkling ocean
in her heart
By Meg Arnot [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5.2]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/06-2022


ribbons of mist
between the cornrows
the body of a rabbit
By Jenny Ward Angyal [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2021


daylight savings
something new to say
to the neighbour
By Johnette Downing [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2021


broken tombstone –
a squirrel buries
its acorn
By Skylar Kay [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2021


cold air
stray kittens lap the full moon
from a puddle
By Ngo Binh Anh Khoa [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/11-2021


moon at the bottom
of a swift and gurgling stream
shines as a coin
By Konstantin Yakimchuk [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2020


evergreens hold
the old snow’s weight
New Year’s Day
By Barbara Sabol [Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 3.1]
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2019


summer meadow
the path to school
almost healed
*By Barbara Snow [Acorn Haiku 51]
https://www.acornhaiku.com/sample-poems


everybody
has a story
not to tell
By John Stevenson [Acorn Haiku 49]
https://www.acornhaiku.com/sample-poems


Pacific swells slam Point Lobos rocks
Like closing a kitchen drawer with a hip
By John Hicks [Password 1.3]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/password-1.3-september-2024-1.pdf


WARNING: this child is under construction
By Spencer Hill [Password 1.3]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/password-1.3-september-2024-1.pdf


the sea is a wall
the moon
keeps trying to build
*By Peter Yovu [Password 1.2]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/password-1.2-may-2024.pdf


Children’s town
No one to fix the toy
By Mykyta Ryzhykh [Password 1.2]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/password-1.2-may-2024.pdf


she says
it’s always midnight
inside her cello
*By Stephen Toft [Password 1.1]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/password-1.1-january-2024-2.pdf


poison-ivy;
a family visit
reinvented as a flower
By John Grey [Password 1.1]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/password-1.1-january-2024-2.pdf


a cold north wind
my hammer misses the head of the nail
By Jeff Burt [Password 1.1]
https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/password-1.1-january-2024-2.pdf


Four to hug it redwood
By Carolyn Hall [Modern Haiku 55.1]
https://www.modernhaiku.org/issue55-1/haiku.html


afternoon moon
she opens her set
of soft pastels
By Anne Elise Burgevin [Modern Haiku 53.1]
https://modernhaiku.org/issue53-1/haiku.html


Hometown
Just big enough
For a stranger
By John Stevenson [Modern Haiku 53.1]
https://modernhaiku.org/issue53-1/haiku.html


old slave town
we put down
all our baggage
By Crystal Simone Smith [Modern Haiku 52.3]


first snowman
my toddler sticks the carrot
below the belt
Terri French [Modern Haiku 52.2]


her hairpin
marking the page
on chemotherapy
By Robert Witmer [Modern Haiku 50.3]


just the living
our Christmas card
list
By Gary Hotham [Modern Haiku 50.3]


fast train north my accent slipping back
By france angela [Modern Haiku 50.2]


skipping to
the end of the story
his arm-length tattoo
By Jacquie Pearce [Modern Haiku 50.1]


driving home
the twists and turns
of our conversation
By Jay Friedenberg [Modern Haiku 49.3]


cut down
in their prime…
funeral flowers
By Robert B. McNeill [Modern Haiku 49.3]


trivia night
knowing more
than she lets on
By Michael Henry Lee [Modern Haiku 49.2]


full moon
the retirement letter
I haven’t sent
By Edward J. Reilly [Modern Haiku 49.2]


the link
to my friend’s obituary
now dead
By John J. Dunphy [Modern Haiku 48.3]


execution
and now a word
from our sponsors
By Johnny Baranski [Modern Haiku 48.1]


all i asked
is where you’re coming from
winter gale
By Neil Moylan [Modern Haiku 46.3]


sand castle my carefully constructed self
By George Swede [Modern Haiku 46.2]


first snow
the Ferris Wheel
Motionless
By Ikuyo Youshimura [Modern Haiku 45.2]


stripping wallpaper
down to older wallpaper
a local murder
By Peter Yovu [Modern Haiku 44.2]


reunion
remembering why
I never kept in touch
By Barb Behrendt [Modern Haiku 44.1]


Graduation day
the mother and daughter wear
matching nose jobs
By Alicia Hilton [Modern Haiku 44.1]


dinosaur exhibit
little handprints
in the dust
*By Chritina Nguyen [Modern Haiku 43.2]


tennis match…
the only time he mentions
love
By Cynthia Chechota [Modern Haiku 43.1]


anniversary dinner
we uncork
an old argument
By Robert Herschbach [Modern Haiku 42.1]


beneath mistletoe
the old dog finds a place
to lick itself
By LeRoy Gorman [Modern Haiku 41.2]


after the honeymoon
the roughness
of his new beard
By Audrey Olberg [Modern Haiku 41.2]


pretty girl milking
at the fair the goat also
looks embarrassed
By Robert Mainone [Modern Haiku 41.1]


late night groceries
checking out
the ring fingers
By Marsh Muirhead [Modern Haiku 41.1]


walking down
the country lane
childless as the moon
By Bill Pauly [Modern Haiku 41.1]


as their boat floats
out of the tunnel of love
they move apart
By Cor van den Heuvel [Modern Haiku 39.3]


fingers still sticky
from cotton candy
we hold hands
By Edward J. Reilly [Modern Haiku 39.2]


wedding picture
some of the dust
is hers
By William Cullen Jr [Modern Haiku 37.3]


loan
application -
borrowing a pen
By PMF Johnson [Modern Haiku 37.2]


nude beach
embarrassed
I’m the only one here
By Michael Ketchek [Modern Haiku 36.1]


90th birthday
flickering candles
he can’t blow out
By m. harper [Modern Haiku 33.3]


peeking through
tiny holes–
first confession
By Melanie Hayes [Modern Haiku 33.1]


50 stitches
down her chest—
one more thing to kiss
By John W. Wisdom [Modern Haiku 32.3]


Fifth of July–
The guestroom door closed
For a nap
By Emiko Miyashita [Modern Haiku 32.3]


winter evening
our kids interrupt
our vasectomy talk
By Mark Brooks [Modern Haiku 32.2]