Haiku Poems

At first I thought it might be nice to create a Summer Haiku poems book, but then realised I wouldn't be able to take pictures of the plants related to summer as it is February.  I have looked at spring, winter and autumn haiku, and also a mixture of all of the seasons. Here are a few that I like below, which I will be choosing six from including ones by Etsujin, Natsume Soseki, Basho and Charles De Lint:


Falling to the ground
I watch a leaf settle down
in a bed of brown


Everything I touch with tenderness
alas, pricks like a bramble


The crow has flown away swaying
in the evening sun
a leafless tree


Light of the moon moves west
flowers shadows creep eastward


A spring bee crawls out from the tulip
at closing time


The sun shines warmly
the dragonfly watches me planting my basil


Sick and feverish in the gleam of cherry blossoms
I keep shivering


Summer grasses
all that remains of soldiers' dreams


Even leaves don't move
awesome is the summer grove


How much I desire! inside my little satchel
the moon, and flowers!


Bush clover in blossom waves
without spilling a drop of dew


I wait for the sun to go down
there is nothing to do in this town
with the grass and trees all brown
it is difficult to escape the frown


Covered with the flowers
instantly id like to die in this dream of ours!


Over the wintry forest
winds howl
in rage with no leaves to blow


Scent of plum blossoms on the misty mountain path
a big rising sun


Winter garden
the moon thinned to a thread
insects singing


Autumn moonlight
a worm digs silently into the chestnut


Floating lily pads
hide frogs croaking
at circles of rain


Leaves raked in soft piles multicoloured crispy mounds
autumns trampoline


Newly sprouting buds begin to show their colours
cherry blossom time


Toad stools springing up
wet grass and leaves inviting
poisonous interest


Violet sweet scent wafting on the soft breezes
announcing springtime


Autumn Haiku Poems


Thick bramble bushes
lost desiccated apple
crows cry in slate sky


Dry leaf
now brittle with frost


Reading outdoors
between pages
a dry leaf


Gust  of wind tired leaf lets go


Ruined church
leaves fall
among the weeds


Autumn mist slipping and sliding
towards winter


Weekend afternoon
red leaves skip down the street behind the kids


Frosty mist
the spiders decorated the cherry tree


Spring Haiku Poems


Her hair loose in the spring breeze
a weeping willow


Morning sun
at the other end of the garden chairs in semicircle


Garden of red roses dark
forbidden climbing trellis and gable


Heron hunched in a net of shadows


House of white roses
heavy headed tossed on the breeze


After work stress relief
dirt under my fingernails
trash can filled with weeds


Afternoon delight
purple globe thistle
sprouted in pink dianthus


Endless rain
the sudden scent of roses


Winter Haiku Poems


Dark clouds lace fingers to black
away the sun spears of purple crocus


Valentines day
a pink bud on the quince tree


Frost this morning and a cold wind
scatters leaves like broken promises


This I know for sure
animals live under our skin
secret, waiting


Coffee and tea on a winter day
tea for you
the other for me


On a grey solstice day
crows, thin sunlight
restless spirits in synchronised flight
writing wishes in the sky


The bare limbs of the trees shover in the wind
and speak in semaphore


Black squirrel under the spruce trees
searching out his cache of fall seeds


You cant trust the sun this time of year
its bright light holds a bitter cold


Little cat looking out the window for rabbits
sees only the snow


A familiar landscape stands revealed
as the snow melts away


Cat tiptoeing along the top of the fence
circus act on this frosty morn


Even though I could still create a summer Haiku book by using photography that already exists, I would really like to try taking my own photographs, so I will probably create either an Autumn Haiku booklet or a Winter one with six images and the Haiku poem in typography to go with each image. If I decide not to take photographs, here are some images that could work well with the poems that I have looked at.

Autumn mist

slipping and sliding towards winter

Falling to the ground

I watch a leaf settle down in a bed of brown

I wait for the sun to go down

there is nothing to do in this town

with the grass and trees all brown

it is difficult to escape the frown

 Ruined church

leaves fall

among the weeds

Floating lily pads

hide frogs croaking

at circles of rain

Thick bramble bushes

last desiccated apple

crows in slate sky

After work stress relief

dirt under my fingernails

trash can filled with weeds

 Frosty mist

the spiders decorated the cherry tree

Morning sun

at the other end of the garden chairs in semicircle

Cat tiptoeing along the top of the fence

circus act on this frosty morn

Toadstools springing up

wet grass and leaves inviting

poisonous interest