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Winter Haiku Poems

Haiku shaped by cold, snow, bare branches, short days, and winter stillness.

410 published haiku
red scarf left behind
on cold steel of metro rails
heel print in fresh snow
Jonathan Patterson Read poem →
black crow on white snow
four toed print thatches pathway
Russian winter dream
Mary Delle Lebeau Read poem →
th? old nature trail-
a single wellington boot
stands in frozen mud
Thomas Rycroft Read poem →
Rainy Winter day
perfect time to stay inside
and write poetry
Sandra Bounds Read poem →
Snowflakes shaken out -
a softly sewn patternless
quilt of purest white.
Lea Booth Read poem →
Covered in winter's
branches, moon rises from a
bed of soft gray clouds.
Lea Booth Read poem →
the last winter's tale
leaves snow on my brown door step
my feet frost bitten.
Anna Maria Read poem →
Albino Peacock
Such beauty and elegance
Feathers white as snow
Christine Park Read poem →
Leaves fall and scatter
softly cover the Earth's bed
with Winter's warm quilt
Sandra Bounds Read poem →
frost covers the earth
a lady draped in fine lace
beautiful and cold
Grady Manus Read poem →
skeletal trees weep
world wrapped in cold bleak winter
? my heart walks alone
Grady Manus Read poem →
Spring's green vibrato
Earth rises from Winter's tomb
symphony of hope
Sandra Bounds Read poem →
a white sun sets in
the ruined Colosseum,
in buds pink in snow
Kristina Popiel Read poem →
winter moon in shards
a smell of wine lingering
on the attic floor
Chen-ou Liu Read poem →
a mountain, fractious
gravity spilt thunder voice
snow cap undermined
Randy Boone Read poem →
The breath of winter
A reminder of a kiss
Ice and heat are one
Jennifer Schmitt Read poem →
winter trees stand nude
waiting for the leaves of spring
to clothe them again
Robert B. Williams Read poem →
Ice covers ground but
blades of grass fight their way through
Spring is almost here
Rachelle Andreacchio-miller Read poem →
spring comes to the land
snow melts leaving lace of ice
a green sprout breaks through
Stephanie Lynch Read poem →
full late winter moon
entwined in bare tree branches
caught, then floating free
Stephanie Lynch Read poem →
inside aged men die,
all across frozen lake tops
blackbirds swoop for meals
Jonathan Patterson Read poem →
up north?winter sun
skates across the frozen lakes
until spring sun comes
Ross Plovnick Read poem →
Now the leaves return
So the high wind sings once more
Six months the frost waits
Jon Chan Read poem →
winter's dance begins
radiator castanets
fill the house with warmth
Christina Murphy Read poem →
A cold day in March
when I though spring had arrived
snow and cold came back
Maria Rivera Read poem →
front lawn tire prints
the honda sits at the curb
dreaming winter gone
Aaron Poller Read poem →
when least expected
winter's drought grass has revealed
tiny white flowers
Mauri Orr Stone Read poem →
recently tilled soil,
hunting ground for hungry fowl,
ends cold winter's dearth
Mauri Orr Stone Read poem →
bare wisterias
are bespeckled in bright mauve
bleak winter's ending
Mauri Orr Stone Read poem →
chilling at sunrise
the sight of frost on sere leaves
the warmth of blankets
David Edwards Read poem →
petals fall from stalks,
gypsies lose their virgin souls
in cold, snow bathed streets
Jonathan Patterson Read poem →
barren limbs dangle
over frosted winter grounds
casting their shadows
Traci De La O Read poem →
Birds sing lullaby
As snow falls gently on tree
Moonshadows appear
Frances Ayers Read poem →
snow owl, talons low,
white wings wide, all intention
on need, never want
Genevieve Fitzgerald Read poem →
a chill winter wind
the broken shutter voicing
a strong objection
Donna Ryan Read poem →
It never snows here.
Dirt and dust are the city's
Permanent winter.
Maria Cohut Read poem →