haiku first lines
(1) I memorized a delightful poem when I was a child. Because I memorized it at such a young age, I could not remember its title or author, but I could recite the first line and most of the next five lines. When the internet came to be, I sometimes inputted the first line from memory into a search engine, hoping the poem would appear, and one day it did! Here it is, The Wind, by Robert Louis Stevenson. This beautiful poem has lived in my heart ever since childhood. Through this personal experience, I learned what the power of a poem’s first line can be.
(2) I do not want to repeat the exact lines in my haiku, so I visit this page occasionally when writing haiku, thus the reason they are ordered alphabetically.
- a beach ball memoir
- a house rich in tales
- a magical path
- a pair of herons
- a rock above trees
- a scaffold building
- a slow walk across
- a spiral staircase
- a vase of flowers
- a world of new life
- against a brilliant
- along my journey
- along the food line
- along the roadside
- an old photograph
- antique silverware
- as the free bird flies
- as thoughts drift away
- autumn’s brush in hand
- awakened by sound
- beast of burden at
- breathtaking sunset
- bright is the night sky
- bright orange sunset
- brightly lit Times Square
- broken string, lonesome
- bronze sunset begins
- built only to serve
- bushy tail, wide eyes
- by the sea, they land
- by the water’s edge
- calm along the coast
- calm before the storm
- cashier’s cottage
- circling around, i
- colored light concert
- conversing through song
- crimson orbs of life
- curiosity
- dancing dragonfly
- day surrenders night
- delicate beauty
- downtown theatre
- drifting clouds descend
- early morning blue
- echoes from geckos
- fear and bliss entwined
- feathers bright and bold
- flex, turn, tilt; color
- flowers in their hair
- fluttering around
- from glacial shore stance
- from the golden age
- from the ocean’s depth
- gentle swaying fronds
- give me winter shores
- glorious driftwood
- glowing peacefully
- gnarly cottonwoods
- golden rays ignite
- gone to history
- high above the ground
- high-speed internet
- his name was rusty
- how elegantly
- how quiet the pond
- hurricane debris
- i can see beauty
- i loved you, no doubt
- i’m pretty in pink
- if not woodpecker
- imagination
- in a dream, i heard
- in Colorado
- in morning slumber
- in my arms, you laid
- in purple-pink hues
- in the good old days
- its graceful presence
- lens and pen artists
- life as a tulip
- life is like a slope
- light’s silent embrace
- like a painter’s brush
- like a sailing ship
- like gentle corkscrews
- lily pads in bloom
- listening to lush
- little finch watches
- longer days of spring
- look into my eyes
- look-in and gaze-in
- looking through the lens
- looking up to view
- lotus petals bloom
- love blooms like roses
- may mother earth heal
- meeting of the minds
- meeting place for grace
- mirror images
- morning mist hovers
- morning walk enjoyed
- nested in a tree
- now is the season
- old oak died today
- old water tower
- on lazy spring days
- one great egret stands
- paths left behind fade
- petals unfurling
- please do not stir fry
- possibilities
- rays of flaming light
- roadside tables wait
- roofless hut finds grace
- rooms available
- running up and down
- seen by captive eyes
- shadows walk the wall
- shapes twist in my gaze
- sharecropper cabin
- sitting next to you
- smoother over time
- soft petals unveil
- soft wings and wild things
- solitary boat
- springtime bouquet with
- staring back at me
- staring out at sea
- stark contrasts combine
- sun on rusty trucks
- sun rays streaming through
- sunflower yellow
- sunlight on feathers
- swaying moss-draped trees
- taffeta dresses
- the breeze tastes of salt
- the cloudy night sky
- the color of your
- the colors of faith
- the great white egret
- the katydids sing
- the marvelous view
- the old windmill spins
- the pines lullaby
- the smell of salt air
- the snow moon arrives
- there comes a time for
- those who have a why
- tiny feet resting
- tire chick’s proud workplace
- true obedience
- tulip symphony
- turning of the light
- two birds make a tribe
- two tender tulips
- wainwrights shaped the past
- waves crashing the shore
- weathered barn stands tall
- weathered wooden planks
- wet whiskers and fins
- where ocean bay meets
- which came first they ask
- whispering oak trees
- whispers in the wind
- you brought me flowers
- your mind was elsewhere