Heritage Haiku
| 1 | Such wondrous beauty Almost lost to sad neglect Now for all to love | Richard Rogers |
| 22 | Cherry trees in bloom Each Spring Kuni smiles again Her eternal gift | Richard Rogers |
| 23 | Water, stones and blooms Kuni’s wonderful painting Brings us beauty still | Richard Rogers |
| 42 | A place of beauty Where families call it home Wonderous Mukai | Weston Dorr |
| 51 | Lured by daffodils, We roamed these fields; too spring-drunk To ponder their past | Meg Chadsey |
| 63 | from pieces of life gleaned from quaran-cleaned garage I made a dragon | Debbie Butler |
| 75 | Asian warriors. We are not invisible. We stand united. | Candace Gallerani |
| 78 | Infant eyes see all. Gathering who they’ll be. We are everyone. | Allyson Radliff |
| 81 | Gathered Threads Generations join Immigrant and Vashon born Innovation blooms | Carol Stern |
| 83 | Frustrating detour We need to build a new bridge and get over it! | Darin Brown |
| 88 | I came here for zen Like the ancients: no traces Or maybe this dust | John Dumbrille |
| 100 | my ancestors’ dreams bloom in me, a blossom tree with deep roots and reach | Cynthia Hernandez |
| 102 | We never forget, Despite tempests and trials, The land that we love. | Jane Nelson |
| 104 | I’ll always regret Questions I didn’t ask — Now it is too late. | Jane Nelson |
| 105 | sunny stroll garden… a farmer packs strawberries in wooden barrels | Goran Gatalica |
| 114 | fat red strawberries below her kitchen window ripe for the picking | Claudia Hollander-Lucas |
| 119 | Firewood hard to source We’ll always have pandemic Amazon boxes | Jennifer Gogarten |
| 130 | A hunter has come. The quick fox turned in circles. Who will be removed? | Jill Janow |
| 138 | A path of green grass Guided by crisp white Haiku Crashing crystal falls | J. Reiling |
| 158 | Water crashing down Intense, for a bug, small falls Mukai waterfall | EMILE |
| 164 | Water gushing down, A chorus of ringed water, Peaceful symphony. | Svea HansPetersen |
| 181 | Majestic Mountain!/ Our radiant Mount Rainier/ Shines in morning sun | Richard W. Emmons |
| 210 | The Barreling Plant its heritage well preserved as berries once were | Sebastian Chrobak |
| 211 | Removed from our homes Refugees in our own land We endured – Gaman | Bruce Haulman |
| 212 | Deep felt gratitude Japanese students thrive and grow Gift of Cherry Trees | Bruce Haulman |
| 213 | Only two suitcases Imprisoned in the desert Lives disrupted forever | Bruce Haulman |
| 216 | Here, gone, come again Spirit of place always here Each time breathing life | Susan Rogers |
| 217 | Here, gone, come again Spirit of place always home Filling breath to see | Susan Rogers |
| 218 | Here, gone, come again Spirit of place always here A breath of life now | Susan Rogers |
| 235 | reaching out to you… through the darkness searching blind… grasping for your touch… | Kayla Balcos |
| 243 | branchs in the sky heart’s veins and arteries thump thump thump thump thump | Ronald Irvine |
| 266 | island says farewell sadness and anticipation accompany me | Mary Eaves Mitchell |
| 269 | My songs are the songs of my Irish ancestors: battle calls, laments. | Lynn Carrigan, age 74 |
| 285 | Time Each little movement Starts turning the clock of time That creates our world | Marlowe Cardoza |
| 289 | humbly left behind a lush victory garden feeds friends & neighbors | Anonymous |
| 290 | not so long ago it was strawberry crinkle virus that caused sleepless nights | Anonymous |
| 291 | canoes cross the Sound Salish Sea Salmon People coming to pick fruit | Anonymous |
| 292 | Coffee at Luna Flowers at Thriftway Sunset at Lisabeula | Ichie |
| 303 | Little granddaughters / help me bake. Cookies for them / memories for me. | Yvonne Belshaw |
| 308 | Heritage haiku Must submit to continue Wonder what to say? | Stephen Floyd |
| 309 | Haiku number three Here we go again, again All praise Tinkie Winkie! | Stephen Floyd |
| 325 | Rest, play, grow, then die Complete the cycle of life Retire at last | David McClellan |
| 344 | Upon an island once, I came, shyly hopeful no one knew my name | Tom Land |
| 345 | the farmers arrived some strawberries came too not thinking of war | Tom Land |
| 357 | 水: water rural oregon the american dream restarts digging for water | Tomosumi |
| 359 | Ripe ruby jewels Dangling in summer breezes Mourn disappeared men | Corinne Lightweaver |
| 360 | Shameful history Peaceful strawberry farmers Bleak desert prisons | Corinne Lightweaver |
| 361 | Empty farms and homes Rice grains scattered to the wind Island legacy | Corinne Lightweaver |
| 363 | Lured by daffodils, We roamed these fields; too spring-drunk To ponder their past | Meg Chadsey |
Social Justice Haiku
| 2 | Garden created Then we had to leave our home This beauty endures | Richard Rogers |
| 10 | Triptych—2020—Panel 1 Year of Pandemics COVID & Systemic Racism Can We Recover? | Peter Lewis |
| 11 | Triptych—2020—Panel 2 Year of Pandemics COVID & Systemic Racism What Then Shall We Do? | Peter Lewis |
| 12 | Triptych—2020—Panel 3 Year of Pandemics COVID & Systemic Racism Love Neighbors We Must | Peter Lewis |
| 21 | “Equality upon the Level” All created here by sacred source . To down some calls to down self with. | Ms. Darcy L. Candelaria |
| 37 | Majority wins Once you dislike the result It’s all up to you | Fanny |
| 64 | masked, hidden one: yet I know by your shining eyes if you smile or weep | Debbie Butler |
| 74 | No more injustice. Don’t judge me by my color. Love. Sisters. Brothers. | Candace Gallerani |
| 77 | Your breath is my breath. Your soul is akin to mine. Your joy, your grief, same. | Allyson Radliff |
| 80 | Unity Life with compassion Equity and voting rights Joined as one people | Carol Stern |
| 86 | Skin and eyes, pared down The potato has a past The root to a cause | Linda Allen |
| 89 | Inferior weed or bona-fide species? Intollerant garden | Linda Allen |
| 92 | Equality is The possibility of No leverage for me | John Dumbrille |
| 98 | truth whispers like breeze speaks louder than fear and hate dark clouds yield to sun | Cynthia Hernandez |
| 115 | Firewood hard to source We’ll always have pandemic Amazon boxes | Jennifer Gogarten |
| 117 | Zoom cameras off Students sobbing far too hard Cannot offer tea | Jennifer Gogarten |
| 118 | Speak to me in love Speak to me in pain removed Speak to me in light | Virginia Magboo |
| 132 | Sometimes seeds of love Sprout from the ashes of hate Like a Sequoia | Lisa A. Knight |
| 153 | This drive to go on Is what some may call peace, but To some it is fake. | Maren |
| 170 | Mukai mothers weep More immigrant sisters lost When will hatred end? | Jean Berolzheimer |
| 185 | Winter kept us in We isolated alone Spring sunshine unites | Roxy Hathaway |
| 195 | Hate so divisive Strong feelings started where when Follow golden rule | Heidi Hedlund |
| 204 | I yelled BLACK LIVES MATTER so loud! But my heart hurt more when Asians were killed. | Luc Poon |
| 205 | I remember Dad Chinese face but not at work Managers are white. | Luc Poon |
| 208 | Interconnected Every action ripples through Be kind, spread more love | Andrea Bakke |
| 214 | solidarity when we all stand together cherry blossoms bloom | Sebastian Chrobak |
| 215 | lack of prejudice appreciating roses of every color | Sebastian Chrobak |
| 226 | The apparition (This one is a duo with Haiku #2) | Lindsey Powers Gay |
| 227 | A small slumping child (This is part of the duo with Haiku #1) | Lindsey Powers Gay |
| 229 | A breath extinguished Collectively we catch ours Exhale hope and change | Marabeth Rogers |
| 244 | Mindlessly living. Pause for death, a reckoning. Strength in unity. | K Van Cleave M |
| 245 | Repression holds tight Until death wakes the sleeping. Stand down, make room, love. | K Van Cleave M |
| 267 | Try to find beauty In the world, no matter what, Even when it hides. | Lynn Carrigan, age 74 |
| 272 | giver, play a part chant holy words of hope to melt the frozen hearts | Howard Bagan |
| 293 | 1949 Strawberries are very dry Sun sets on Mukai | Ichie |
| 310 | Beautiful brown girl Let no one dim your blinding Light, love, laughter, life | Deborah gooden |
| 315 | Milky white dawn yawns Mother soothes Black baby boy Her wish for him life | Kate Dowling |
| 316 | Masks protect me from Bad breath, close talker spittle, B.O., and perfumes. | Eileen Rossignol |
| 317 | I would rather be Stabbed to death my a bad guy Than shot by a friend. | Eileen Rossignol |
| 318 | The Golden Rule is not enough to compensate for exploited strangers. | Eileen Rossignol |
| 328 | Our souls are asking for certain light, and answers: tonight’s full moon speaks. | Barbara Hoonan |
| 337 | On the ground, Gasping for fresh air, Praying to live His skin becomes cold. | Adi Shepard |
| 346 | my lantern gone the last day of our squid pier no fishing allowed | Tom Land |
| 354 | tiny hard great man worn leather eyes study me his grip strong on mine | Dave Horn |
| 356 | 追悼の日: Day of Remembrance sand-covered barracks the tower guard witnesses racial injustice | Tomosumi |
| 364 | Kill the media Information is deadly All spirits matter | ichie |
Nature Haiku
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| Cherry blossoms bloom Each Spring their beauty returns Aaaah, eternity
bees and wasps and drones sharing the colorful light of the same blossoms
Photoshop Express – The Mukai strawberry fields Flowering again
Rising through the woods — The amber December moon Softening the night
A half moon shining Realizing the loss of face Is temporary
Naked tree branches Adorn winter skies. Cherry blossoms paint them spring
Ginkos patiently wait throughout rainy winter. Spring brings geisha leaves.
Spring – blossom nectar quenches a hummingbird’s thirst. Summer waits its turn
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Dwight L. Wilson
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Larry St. Pierre
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| 16 | Fertile and fragile Sleeping seeds stir in the earth Reveal a garden | Karen Kent |
| 17 | Gold face beams skyward Nodding, bowing, laden head The sunflower’s song | Karen Kent |
| 18 | True perseverance Two worlds apart now as one All is connected | Karen Kent |
| 19 | Oh dear Mister Moon,/We pair up to rise knowing/His sweet light on us | Ms. Darcy L. Candelaria |
| 20 | “And Trees Wave Hi” Animals’ souls speak. Flowers sing songs in fragrance. Stars sprinkle the Ritz. | Ms. Darcy L. Candelaria |
| 24 | The artist’s palette Flowers, water, stones, blue sky Behold her vision | Richard Rogers |
| 27 | Flutters, chirps, and flaps Gathers up the twigs and leaves Ready, nest building starts | Delilah Evangelina Spence |
| 28 | Listen to nature, water dripping deep but slow, the noise of a “splash,” | Ford Ray |
| 29 | The little insect, crawling ever so slowly, pulls the fresh dinner. | Ford Ray |
| 30 | Vision the rainbow, stretching across the blue sky, hiding its treasure. | Ford Ray |
| 31 | She died in the spring My red-haired dancing dancing girl Forever young | Hazel Wilding |
| 32 | Purring with calmness Fierce eyes but yet so gentle Sleeping but alert. | AVA Denherder |
| 33 | Eyes shine happily Small flowers among tall grass Lay and rest innocent thing. | Luka Sennott |
| 34 | A bright orange tree An orange rolls away Somebody eats it | Mattea Hecht |
| 39 | Abandoned village Nothing left to see but ash A deer creeps slowly | Fanny |
| 40 | Small bird glides in air equal with larger fletchlings Free from the planet | Quentin Cherry |
| 41 | Small animal jump Small splash in water’s surface Ripples travel far | Quentin Cherry |
| 43 | A whisper of bliss Blossom grace me with your sent A subtle beauty | Emily |
| 44 | Sprout new life seedling Awake to light and wonders New growth to vast heights | Emily |
| 46 | Shining rays and beams Illuminating our world Warming our chilled hearts | Emily |
| 47 | A lush green carpet… The moss is gentle and cool… A beam of sunshine… | Atticus Nauman-Montana |
| 48 | Hard, dense, dry, soil… Scratch and seed speckles the earth… Chickens are happy… | Atticus Nauman-Montana |
| 49 | Peach buds blossom Bees pollinate Frost peach | Natasha Webb |
| 50 | Water gliders Birds chirp their last songs Sun sets | Natasha Webb |
| 52 | Cherry Blossoms bloom, Dog’s get their fur groomed, Outside the sun resumes. | Natasha Sullivan |
| 53 | When it rains, it pours When the sun shines, its bright Spring has arrived. | Natasha Sullivan |
| 54 | The moon is bright, Like a fragment of love, It’s as pretty as a dove. | Natasha Sullivan |
| 61 | brown, papery husk hiding from difficult world I rise, daffodil | Debbie Butler |
| 64 | In the night garden the moon shows me the place where fish feed on starlight | Brit Myers |
| 65 | Golden maple trees call to my beloved with whirling dervish seeds | Brit Myers |
| 66 | As the day’s light fades thrush string stars into being with minor note beads | Brit Myers |
| 70 | Subtle spring mystique. Enamoured with charm of life, beauteous whispers. | Whispering Thoughts |
| 71 | Spring within, abloom. Splendid riot of colors. Blissful vibrancy. | Whispering Thoughts |
| 72 | The fringes pulsing with life. In the womb of soil, nuanced intricacies throb. | Whispering Thoughts |
| 73 | Tranquil forest walks. Listen to the sounds of birds. Peaceful sensations. | Candace Gallerani |
| 76 | Echos of winter. Fading through hollows and hearts. Spring dreams awaken. | Allyson Radliff |
| 79 | Spring thoughts The smallest flower Hummingbirds sip sweet nectar Tiny things, great joy | Carol Stern |
| 83 | Unforgiving winter A frozen, metal fence roars laughing at the tongue! | Darin Brown |
| 84 | Recurring display A timid, wary ebb retreats Outfoxed by the flow | Darin Brown |
| 87 | Dread filled twelve months A COVID mother wanders dementia’s hallway | Linda Allen |
| 90 | Once again the birds Are ringing out. Beaks pierce Eggshells all over again. | John Dumbrille |
| 94 | Plump bumble bees buzz Flowers sway in the warm breeze Lazy streams gurgle | Matilda |
| 95 | The crows rule the world; the humans exist no more. Crow-caw-caw caw-CROW! | Lusha Zhou |
| 96 | Dark clouds fill the sky Trees bend and sway through the night Lightning strikes the ground | Matilda |
| 92 | Deer paths through the woods Erased now by falling snow Ghostly prints beneath | Chole Davis |
| 93 | Green buds touch the sky Pink blossoms unfurl with joy Earthworms push through soil | Matilda |
| 93 | It fell in the night As strong winds tore through the land A giant lies still | Chole Davis |
| 94 | At the last moment, I tuck the two-spot feather into my pocket | KATHRYN TRUE |
| 94 | Paddles dip through mist First bird calls, urge warmth and light To make a sun rise | Chole Davis |
| 95 | Venus ricochets around the Seven Sisters into my bedroom | KATHRYN TRUE |
| 96 | water drops gently puddles and splashes soon grow frog just found a home | Cynthia Hernandez |
| 97 | In a tiny vase, last haiku from the old plum— Lichened branch blossoms | KATHRYN TRUE |
| 99 | Planting seeds of love For flowers are poetry Nature’s greatest gifts | Jessica Sweeney |
| 101 | Petals soft as skin Though cool in the morning dew Sparkle in sunlight | Jessica Sweeney |
| 103 | Perfume in the air All of the fields are blooming A glorious scent | Jessica Sweeney |
| 106 | Upon that grey stone A small lichen is growing Turning it to dust. | Robert Fuerstenberg |
| 107 | strawberry farming… a vibrant gathering place our Mukai Garden | Goran Gatalica |
| 108 | No match for the wind The monarch flutters to rest Upon a lilac. | Robert Fuerstenberg |
| 109 | romantic garden… fragrance of first strawberries blending our cultures | Goran Gatalica |
| 110 | Perhaps the willow/Has taken the world’s sorrow /Upon its shoulders. | Robert Fuerstenberg |
| 112 | moon garden listens as flowers bloom best at night like so many dreams | Claudia Hollander-Lucas |
| 116 | ink bleeds on paper water ripples over stone frog will grow new legs | Claudia Hollander-Lucas |
| 120 | Hummingbird mirrored Flashing glitter in the air Waiting to alight | Virginia Magboo |
| 122 | Walking through shadows Unpolished rock on the path I bend to retrieve | Virginia Magboo |
| 124 | springtime equinox – constellation Libra shines in the bedtime sky | Valentina Ranaldi-Adams |
| 126 | waning of winter – green sprouts of unknown flowers poke through harden ground | Valentina Ranaldi-Adams |
| 127 | I hear many birds Singing in the evening. It’s certainly Spring! | Jill Janow |
| 128 | this wintry morning a rainbow is overhead – warm apple cider | Valentina Ranaldi-Adams |
| 129 | The eggs by the dock! What has happened to them? They have been eaten. | Jill Janow |
| 131 | Springtime in one note Off-pitch minor-key whistle Varied Thrush in love | Lisa A. Knight |
| 133 | Naked trees showing Signs of life in baby bumps Soon to birth blossoms | Lisa A. Knight |
| 137 | A plant blooms in rock Shaded tendrils of fresh green A clear waterfall | J. Reiling |
| 140 | Butterflies flying Bees buzzing in the spring air Flowers are blooming | Jane Ely |
| 141 | Cherry blossoms bloom Fluffy pinkness all around Bright and colorful | Jane Ely |
| 143 | Small frog lays calmly Frog jumps in pond, eats small bug Frog sleeps in blossom | Zoe D’Artell |
| 146 | Flowers are blooming, Pink, purple, and blue flowers, Spring is beautiful! | Bennett Thorpe |
| 147 | The wind is soothing, The ocean looks quite pretty, The animals are nice. | Bennett Thorpe |
| 148 | The grass is light green, The sky is very bright blue, The wood is light brown. | Bennett Thorpe |
| 149 | Grassy, sharp, pointy Shining bright glimmers on it Grass, sharp but pretty | Simon Jose Lanphear |
| 150 | Roll up your long sleeves The bright sun is here to stay Hot orbs and burnt rays | Simon Jose Lanphear |
| 152 | You mean freedom for All the people of this world, And are salty too. | Maren |
| 155 | Prickly but sweet Juicy and viny berries Amazing berries | Lukas Lanske |
| 157 | Nature is thick Nature is calm and quiet Nature is the life | Lukas Lanske |
| 159 | Fall and autumn with Gold dark brown and yellow leaves Autumn has to pass | EMILE |
| 161 | Leaves fall to the mud Wind rustled leaves on the earth Leaves fall carefully | Amelia Archaro |
| 162 | Pond water falls down Hot sun up-high peeking in Birds sing melodies | Amelia Archaro |
| 165 | A cool rhythmic breeze, Dancing currents, rising birds, A spring melody. | Svea HansPetersen |
| 167 | The small fish ate bug The other bugs swam away Big bug ate little fish | FAUSTIN |
| 171 | Stones pummeled by time What stories lie in my hand on this storm-tossed beach? | Jean Berolzheimer |
| 172 | If I must choose one memory to hold through time, let the ocean sing | Jean Berolzheimer |
| 182 | Springtime, sacred play Jubilantly, insects dance Blossoms in delight | Karen Hedlund |
| 183 | Finches stem to stem Hummingbird halts in mid air Stares through my window | Roxy Hathaway |
| 184 | Friend dropped a bouquet Bright tulip petals of red Sweet remembrance | Roxy Hathaway |
| 186 | Tracing along side Pericardiacophrenic Pumping life throughout | Sayward Nelson |
| 187 | Scattered Beach Rocks, Tossed, Rolled, and Rounded by the Waves, Provide Fresh Landscapes Each Day. | steve bergman |
| 188 | Ellisport in Spring Ravine Alders reach and fall Skunk Cabbage flowers in bloom | steve bergman |
| 189 | Beach Bluffs eroding Drift Cells need to be fed to Keep the spit growing | steve bergman |
| 190 | More snow erases the careful calligraphy of windfall on ice. | Ann Spiers |
| 191 | So much in the air drifting: pollen, spiders, leaves and bird song from nests. | Ann Spiers |
| 192 | The new bridge, now old, helps us carefully cross the pond’s deep water. | Ann Spiers |
| 193 | Not found: elegant words, but something much better: pink flowering trees! | Susan Lynch |
| 194 | Empty mind, sky mind Mountain tiger mirror-deep mind all around you. | Susan Lynch |
| 196 | Dogs believe the best Their human can do no wrong Descended from wolves | Heidi Hedlund |
| 197 | They see things we can’t Cats a gap in the matrix Purring slows the heart | Heidi Hedlund |
| 199 | I hide the candy My sister comes running home Where is my candy! | Kaya |
| 206 | Carefully placed sticks Taught to speak with little flames Satisfying warmth | Luc Poon |
| 207 | Spring blossoms smell sweet White and pink flowers unfold Our season of hope | Andrea Bakke |
| 209 | A full moon rises Light cast across the water Creates quiet calm | Andrea Bakke |
| 220 | Trees sway above me In or out is my last breath Dying leaves soaring | Kenny Alton |
| 221 | Sudden days of light Heart adjusts to the new skin Words matter no more | Kenny Alton |
| 222 | Brush on the table My daughter’s hair is tangled Spring says it’s okay | Kenny Alton |
| 230 | Curtain caught in breeze Causes tabby to waken Bemused it blinks twice | Marabeth Rogers |
| 231 | Pale pink peony Floating on green sunlit pool Hinting of promise | Marabeth Rogers |
| 232 | Full moon laughs, spills gold on a lake to toast the sun’s generosity | Miriam Goldberg |
| 233 | Lightning cracks. Silence. Thunder roars! Darkness settles. Earth dances, floats, spins. | Miriam Goldberg |
| 234 | weeds are pulled, earth turned, no words sprout in the garden, silent seeds breathe deep | Miriam Goldberg |
| 236 | warmth collides on high… so below the embers glow… flame flickering eye… | Kayla Balcos |
| 237 | sunrise advances… upon a waking dreamstate… where we linger on… | Kayla Balcos |
| 241 | spring sun warms the earth north wind blows cold on grapevines nap in the vineyard | Ronald Irvine |
| 242 | moonrise in the east clouds cover like comforters wind kicks the covers off | Ronald Irvine |
| 246 | A quiet harbor. Blast! The fire wakes us. Community wins. | K Van Cleave M |
| 247 | The garden blossoms The crows leave behind only A bruised strawberry | Anna Shomsky |
| 248 | children catch flowers as they fall from the treetops in little cupped hands | Anna Shomsky |
| 249 | Black words on white page Emptiness begets meaning Atoms in the void | Anna Shomsky |
| 253 | Each thing of itself but equally within me: An eternal flow | Bob Michaels |
| 254 | A jagged coastline The whorl of the nautilus Patterns everywhere | Bob Michaels |
| 255 | The seed is the map its hidden trajectory still knows its target | Bob Michaels |
| 256 | Miracles happen Today brings its own magic Each moment a gift | B Bridges Gylland |
| 257 | Ascend the Andes Rise up, lips kissing the sun Tasting the Divine | B Bridges Gylland |
| 258 | Blushing, swollen, warm Full-bodied pear in the sun Ripe for the plucking | B Bridges Gylland |
| 268 | Beside a highway Dark green nettles grow, part sting And part nutrition. | Lynn Carrigan, age 74 |
| 270 | Shuzenji summer rainy, winding roads of cedars one traveler walks | Howard Bagan |
| 271 | full-moon, blackest night luna silver, velvet sky pearl light summer | Howard Bagan |
| 287 | Falling with the wind Rippling like an emerald sea Soft under my feet | Marlowe Cardoza |
| 294 | the waterfall’s spray blurs both of our sunglasses— I drop to one knee | Michael Dylan Welch |
| 295 | patio planter— the earth warm to my fingers where your fingers were | Michael Dylan Welch |
| 296 | for the kitchen vase a clutch of dandelions in my toddler’s hand | Michael Dylan Welch |
| 298 | Harsh voices rising from winter, frog chorus sings to the Equinox | Debra Paulsen |
| 299 | Fluttering at dusk. Wren gathers her clumsy chicks First day out. All safe. | Debra Paulsen |
| 300 | Floating in a pool of sun, cat stretches and twists to warm her belly | Debra Paulsen |
| 301 | Silver drop of rain / rests briefly on the leaf / the hurries on again. | Yvonne Belshaw |
| 302 | The fog hugs the shore / unseen the seagulls muffled cries / greet the morning. | Yvonne Belshaw |
| 304 | Cherry blossoms fly Leaves start to seethe to anger Winter’s monotone | Kairos |
| 307 | Necks arched gracefully Tulips greet dawn with a kiss Sipping from life’s spring. | Stephen Floyd |
| 311 | I like to surprise You when I show my new leaves And dancing flowers | Deborah gooden |
| 312 | Parakeet, green head Preening, bobbing hiding in The lime tree, talking | Deborah gooden |
| 313 | Blossoms unfurling Fragrant in the warm sunshine Life marches forward | Kate Dowling |
| 314 | Filtered sunlight shines lightly upon dark water concealing secrets | Kate Dowling |
| 320 | holiday awakening my favorite view from the childhood garden | Mihovila Ceperic-Biljan |
| 321 | Cherry blossoms speak Pink words of patience and hope As they drift through time | Lynn Carrigan |
| 322 | Forest Rocks Rocks on forest floor Moss-covered yet still jagged Slate gray neath soft green | Dawn H Smart |
| 323 | Spring Chill air drawn deeply Rich earth awaiting new seed Opens weary hearts | Dawn H Smart |
| 324 | Beach Rocks Rocks on coastal beach Rounded by the endless waves Small and smooth and many | Dawn H Smart |
| 326 | Most terrible year Disease, isolation, death With Spring, a new start | David McClellan |
| 327 | Flowers, shrubs and trees Blossoms signal a new start For our spirits too | David McClellan |
| 329 | In a dark torrent the sky let loose wild showers yet, the robins sang. | Barbara Hoonan |
| 330 | Along the pathway golden blossoms lift skyward: sun salutations! | Barbara Hoonan |
| 331 | Soft hemlock covers Canopy forest lush green growth Mystical verdant land | Karen D Portzer |
| 332 | Whimsy frolic fun Gathering flowers noon sun Bouquet brighten day | Karen D Portzer |
| 333 | Blending colors swirl Fading into golden light Cool breeze envelops | Karen D Portzer |
| 334 | Penstemon blooming Hummingbirds and bees rejoice The desert provides | Judy Clegg |
| 335 | The clouds return on faith Monsoon rains will come again Brown will become green | Judy Clegg |
| 336 | Look out and see life Teeming with joy and belief Hope is our window | Judy Clegg |
| 339 | Some take for granted The blooms on the cherry trees So simple, so pure | Adi Shepard |
| 340 | Love dandelions Sway beautifully as waves In the glowing sun | Shepard Michaels |
| 341 | Flowing spring water Swimming through smooth and slowly Forever at peace | Shepard Michaels |
| 341 | Flowing spring water Swimming through smooth and slowly Forever at peace | Shepard Michaels |
| 343 | The cherry blossoms Shiver on the shaking branch Cuddling for warmth. | Patrick Raven |
| 347 | Sun wind salt waves churn Blue— as far as I can see What changes after this storm…? | J Wing |
| 348 | Gray rain slowly turns Mason bees bathe in sun’s warmth New green, buds revealed | J Wing |
| 349 | Red heads, blue heads, blondes All pecking, peeping, scratching Yum! Worms for breakfast | J Wing |
| 350 | beside the cottage one daffodil this whole year in the old garden | Teri Carns |
| 351 | too cold for sleeping – keeping the moon’s company until frozen dawn | Teri Carns |
| 352 | doe rears up searching studying accusing me her fawn in the road | Dave Horn |
| 353 | dog climbs on my lap sinks her paws into my legs curls settles then sleeps | Dave Horn |
| 355 | On Vashon island. A Woman needs a man like. A fish needs a bike. | Matt South |
| 358 | 塊: clumps Stay on the trail lush mosses cannot bare the travelers sole | Tomosumi |
| 362 | Small, painful, needles… The desert’s water tower… Cactus is in bloom… | Atticus Nauman-Montana |
351 B | scattering ashes to feed my father’s roses his faithful old dog | Teri Carns |
Young Poet Haiku
| 25 | Doors are opening Spring is running in action Cue all of the smiles | Delilah Evangelina Spence |
| 26 | Wakes up early near dawn Happy Easter, she says with a smile Then comes the candy | Delilah Evangelina Spence |
| 35 | Once a yellow bird Bright and colorful it was Flying through the air | Mattea Hecht |
| 36 | A coconut shell Lying on the beach alone Rolling down the sand | Mattea Hecht |
| 38 | Trotting on a horse Much like gliding through the air So happy and free | Fanny |
| 55 | Life in the deep end, Eclipses over the sun, falling fast asleep. | Riley Benjamin-Meyer |
| 56 | The Kaleidoscope, the bright, mystical sunshine, spirals with the light. | Riley Benjamin-Meyer |
| 57 | Adventure awaits, the trees, the water, the life, it all leads one way. | Riley Benjamin-Meyer |
| 58 | Coyotes are calling, The moon’s bold light is shining Down on the tree frogs | Sadie Reissiger |
| 59 | Run, run through grasses Run down hills, and up them, too. Plundering the earth | Sadie Reissiger |
| 60 | Walking through damp springs, Walking throughout hot summers, Admiring life’s work | Sadie Reissiger |
| 67 | Food is plentiful, springtime is warmth life and joy, new life flourishes | Jin Vanstone |
| 68 | Flower petals fall, flowers for the hummingbirds, Beating of their wings | Jin Vanstone |
| 69 | Tedious leaping A small, fast turtle twitchy betrayed by the cake | Johnny Lim |
| 88 | Sweet sunshine streams through, Weaving a pattern of light, With its warm shuttle. | Isabella Peani |
| 91 | Wind whispers to trees, Telling them secrets of old, All but forgotten. | Isabella Peani |
| 93 | Morning dew steps by, She turns starlight into glass, Placing it on grass. | Isabella Peani |
| 111 | The morning dew shines The flowers shimmer bright lights Birds fly overhead. | Sevie |
| 113 | The branches grow buds Ants and Bees are everywhere Spring must have arrived | Sevie |
| 121 | in line all morning ferry boat slips gently by still stuck on Vashon | Jolyon Gogarten |
| 123 | trash in the river pollution is everywhere we NEED to fix this | Jolyon Gogarten |
| 125 | breeze sings in the trees hummingbirds flutter nearby beautiful morning | Jolyon Gogarten |
| 134 | Cute chicks hatch from eggs Fluffy tiny cheeping clouds Hope they’re not roosters | Thomasina Gogarten |
| 135 | Broody hen and chicks Eating, exploring — DANGER! Get in the pancake! | Thomasina Gogarten |
| 136 | sunny springtime day going in the kiddie pool don’t forget swimsuit! | Thomasina Gogarten |
| 139 | The scent of spices A warm cup of herbal tea A sadly burnt tongue | J. Reiling |
| 142 | Rainbows are pretty Fluffy white clouds in the sky Unicorns dancing | Jane Ely |
| 144 | Frog goes to friend toad They go eat yummy cupcakes Frog goes home happy | Zoe D’Artell |
| 145 | Small elf frog drinks tea Small elf frog bakes yummy cake Friend elf toad eats cake | Zoe D’Artell |
| 151 | Burning hot red, smooth Rounded top, sharp windows Burnt crafted wood trunk | Simon Jose Lanphear |
| 154 | It’s spelled like dessert, It’s full of yellow sand and Super hot cactus. | Maren |
| 156 | It blooms beautiful It blooms fruit and vibrant buds It blooms vibrant | Lukas Lanske |
| 160 | There once was a frog He sat sad on a log for He lived in a bog | EMILE |
| 163 | Flowers sing their songs Bees quickly fly into them Gushing water falls fast | Amelia Archaro |
| 166 | The floating lilies, Frogs hopping from pad to pad, Croaking out spring song. | Svea HansPetersen |
| 168 | Pickles are sour on tongue Eat pickle sandwich be new Pickles pickles yum | FAUSTIN |
| 169 | Long Fuzzy Mustache Fuzzy was very ugly Mustache is smelly | FAUSTIN |
| 198 | The city is asleep The world is dark and silent I am still awake. | Kaya |
| 200 | Reflections rippled Rain falling on quiet pond Calmness in this afternoon | Lissi Percival |
| 201 | Snow is falling now I am snug in my warm home I love wintertime | Lissi Percival |
| 202 | Haiku number one Why do I have to do this I’m not a poet | Shay Percival |
| 203 | Haiku number two I just want to play Minecraft Five more syllables | Shay Percival |
| 223 | Blooming pink and white, Some float along with the breeze, The cherry blossoms | Juno Leonard |
| 224 | Trees swaying in wind, Their pine needles bathe in sun, Birds perched in branches | Juno Leonard |
| 225 | Dogwoods flowering, New blooms on the old branches, Reflecting the past | Juno Leonard |
| 251 | Many clouds above Dancing beyond what we know Caressing a hill | Sophia Lanphear |
| 252 | Sun beams on my face The scent of spring wakes me up flowers bloom outside | Sophia Lanphear |
| 259 | I love beginnings a chick named Jesse Owens going places fast | Ella Ødegaard (13 years old) |
| 263 | Soaring above us, a Merlin, pumping grand wings, master of the clouds. | Emeilia Odegard (11 years old) |
| 265 | A pod of orcas. Beautiful ferry commute. Whales playing so cute. | Pierson Guenther |
| 273 | Red Sunsets, Cold Drinks Warm and Cool The Perfect Day The Black Cat Meows | EDAN TSIATSENHOVEN |
| 274 | Forever a friend Seleana and Eleanor We are one together | Eleanor Casey. |
| 275 | I love to sing songs It makes me very happy Sing along with me | Eleanor Casey. |
| 276 | A Czech kolace Yummy chocolate pastry Fresh from the oven | Owen Hauk |
| 277 | Bees buzzing slowly In the small flower garden Roses are blooming | Owen Hauk |
| 278 | On the city street A guitarist plays a song Cash in his big case | Owen Hauk |
| 279 | Earth had been taken. Forest once growing. Now gone. Must fight for our globe. | Ahmalie Frank |
| 280 | Camping mornings bright And beautiful Nights dark, but With beautiful light | Brayden Coble |
| 281 | Pandas Are Fluffy Eating Fresh Bamboo Off Trees Come Down To The Zoo | Soryn Gaut |
| 282 | Usagi Bunny, Sailor Moon, Clumsy, cute buns, tiara Princess, cries, Luna | Faye Cardoza Age 5, Preschool |
| 284 | Outside Dirt, Plants, Butterflies Space Dinosaur, Mushrooms, Chess Flowers, Rain, Windows | Faye Cardoza Age 5, Preschool |
| 286 | Sound Plip, Plop, Whoosh, Splish, Splash Ding, Crash, Ka-ching, Fwish, Creak, Thump Shoof, Fwip, Crack, Shing, Clink | Marlowe Cardoza |
| 288 | Flowers are blooming The sun is shining brightly The wind is gentle | Greer Cardoza Age 9 |
| 305 | Gray shaded moonlight Night terrors guide delusions The loner constructs | Kairos |
| 306 | The shadows tighten Fingers grasp their pale remains Synchronized darkness | Kairos |
| 319 | World haiku day – another cherry petal on my birthday cake | Mihovila Ceperic-Biljan |
| 338 | My blue and green world Spins round and round every day Beautiful, wide world | Adi Shepard |
| 342 | Climbing a tall tree Stole 7up from the park Brown bushy and small | Burke michaels |
| 286-b | With its shining horn It is a space unicorn Riding on the stars | Greer Cardoza Age 9 |
| 261 | history in trees a family diamond generations shine | Ella Ødegaard (13 years old) |
| 250 | A tiny spider So many afraid, but why? It will not harm you | Sophia Lanphear |
| 264 | Little arrow leafs, Shihuahuaco tree, holding onto life. | Emeilia Odegard (11 years old) |
| 283 | Birds They can fly with wings Eat fish, have feathers and beaks But they can not cook | Faye Cardoza Age 5, Preschool |
| 287-b | The snow is falling It is very cold outside The fire is all lit | Greer Cardoza Age 9 |
| 260 | our apostrophe of chance to change for kindness our equity word | Ella Ødegaard (13 years old) |
| 262 | Yorokobi o motarasu, Mukai Farm, Yoi tengoku (Bringing Joy, Mukai Farm, a haven of good) | Emeilia Odegard (11 years old) |
Reflections Haiku
| 4 | it’s snowing nonstop – good friends for a few moments in a caffeehouse |
Dan Iulian |
| 9 | Grandma’s trusty knife–/ at rest in a dishwasher/ and losing its edge | Dwight L. Wilson |
| 228 | In a haiku, do |
Lindsey Powers Gay |
| 240 | Work done, children grown Gentle isle in tranquil sound Which of us dies first? |
Bart Diener |
