Haikus
Haikus are simple, Japanese, three line poems that have been around for centuries. We hope you'll enjoy selecting a free haiku poem to accompany your gift and make it especially memorable. See below for our extensive list of haikus to suit any gift giving occasion.
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Haiku Poem Categories
Holiday Haikus
New Year's New Year spawns new hopes Endless health, enough wealth, playful time May all be yours
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My New Year wish to you: Spring’s awakenings Summer’s flowerings Autumn’s bounty Winter’s quiet beauty |
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Valentine's Day Single peach blossom Honeybee dances on petals Sweet fruit created
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My heart feels as if April’s blooms scent my garden Throughout all seasons
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My favorite apple Sun- ripe, frost-nipped, slightly tart Reminds me of you
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Wake, pretty dreamer Stars and dew still wait for you Moonlight lulls your world |
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Passover Our unleavened bread Flatly reminds, fuels our drives Forms feast of freedom
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A seder plate Life’s sweet and bitter pallet Freedom’s foundation |
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Easter Beneath winter’s crust Tender seedling curls upward Opening to sun
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Spring sunrise Lily petals open Life renewed
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Spring’s son arises Even chocolate bunnies rejoice Easter gladness |
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Mother's Day Every garden bloom Every berry picked, nectar sipped Reminds me of you
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No better apple Fell from its tree Thanks to you |
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Father's Day If I were an apple I’d fall close to my tree To learn how to grow
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If I were an apple I’d fall close to my tree Growing strong, fruitful
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Your large hands once shook Cradling my tiny form Now they’re my oak trees |
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Thanksgiving We spread life’s table Fine foods, fond friends, loving family Giving thanks for all
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Autumn’s calm beauty Summer’s sweet, savory harvest My wishes for you
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My Turkey Day wish Whole foods, close friends, loving family Simple, sincere thanks |
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Hanukah Candlelight’s glowing Warm your heart, strengthen your faith Celebrate our love
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One candle each night Sheds new light on ancient tale Strengthens faith, deepens love |
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Christmas Winter’s quiet white, Heartfelt, hand made gifts of love My wishes for you
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Sparkling moon-lit snow Soup simmering, fire crackling Peaceful times for you |
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Special Occasions Haikus
Anniversary Sparked alive in sunshine Rain nurtured, harvest gathered Seasoned love endures
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Our first “I love you” Flows like a mountain stream Spills into oceans
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Every “I love you” Becomes a marriage tree ring We’re one ancient tree
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Our laughter lines Deeper now Happy anniversary
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Alone in our room Can we recall when we spoke |
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Birthday Celebrate your day Indulge, delight, sample bliss You deserve the best
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Celebrate your day Eat, skip, laugh, hum, dance, love Do what makes you smile
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Somewhere a tree sways Dancing to a playful breeze In honor of you
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For today only Wildflowers stage mass blooming In honor of you |
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Congratulations Our radiant sun Got out-shined today By your stellar act |
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Friendship Radiant Sun Out-shined today By you
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Farmer’s trusted spade Scoops deep into moist soil Planted seed swells |
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Get Well Tiny green seedling Emerges from charred tree stump Giant sequoia
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Grandfather tree falls, Warm sunlight floods forest floor Flowers brighten your day
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Green sprout bathes in sun Warmth rains, lush earth nurtures leaves May your healing flower |
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Graduation Today’s beginnings Tomorrow’s amazing dreams Design your future
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Every giant fir Shoulders winter’s white wonder Summer’s smallest birds |
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Housewarming/Moving Consider the snail Spends life as a motor home Traffic at a crawl
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Be like a goldfish Every trip around the bowl A new beginning |
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New Baby Your arms cradle love Your heart radiates new joy Blessed with happiness |
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Romantic Event Long after you’ve gone My mind sifts through silences For words left behind
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Clearly in the night Pouring from a crickets song One season of love
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Alone in your room Do you think as I do here All we might have said
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When you told me yes In an accident of light Tears eclipsed the moon
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In love with the world All the things I yearn to feel Find a home in you
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Fragments of desire Stir the midnight of our dreams Bewildering sleep
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Kiss me as you did All our senses shouting yes Make me remember
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Once again in bed Not a way to spend the night Quarreling over love
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Ladies of the night Sing our soldiers all to sleep Let them dream of home |
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Sorrow/Loss Time fades your sorrow Memories brighten your days My heart-healing wish
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May your joys once shared Bring soothing smiles to your soul Warm light in your heart
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Out of nowhere Wind rips petals from lily Rest beneath pond’s eye
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Even a deep pond Gives way to encroaching grass Forms lovely meadow
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Raindrops on your wings Might have made the difference In how angels fly
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Perhaps because death Comes but once to our door We are always home |
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Thank You My hands hold your gift My heart stores your thoughtful act Your kindness touched deep
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A tulip bloomed today Soaking in your kind sunshine Spreading thankful joy |
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Vacation We who like to walk Feel a world that’s yet to be Just beneath our feet
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I bought the sunset From a man who laughed at me Now he begs to watch
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Standing by the sea Limits to our wishes form Barnacled to hope
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Nat’s on Walden Pond Still as any blue eyed grass Thoreau watches them |
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Wedding Love unites two souls Joy, tears, sweet times through the years Wedded bliss to you
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Every “I love you” Strengthens ancient bridge Connecting two shores |
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