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Death Haiku Poems

These Death Haiku poems are examples of Haiku poems about Death. These are the best examples of Haiku Death poems written by international poets.

haiku 10

lamenting prevail

With white wings of an angel

Unable to touch
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Categories: angel, death, desire, flying,

Silent Reminders

An ache I carry,
Reminds me she existed,
Her—absence, presence.
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Categories: death, family, loneliness, longing,

Vanished

Where do dreams go come 
Dawn with her radiant glow 
Shadows in darkness...

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Categories: anxiety, dark, death, dream,

Love hits

It will hit you hard
All of the times you could have
Told them "i love you".
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Categories: death, i miss you,

if the sea ran dry

if the sea ran dry
every soul would know it
die; then be noticed...

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Categories: absence, betrayal, death, loneliness,

cocktail night

as I taste glass time 
do the dead dance in champagne...
moon drips opal wine

March 16th 2025
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Categories: dance, death, moon,

Winds of March through Golden Arch

this may seem (sound) absurd
up much trouble he has stirred
being tough old bird 

an honest life lead
wife and me we had been wed
prayers to God...

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Categories: allegory, analogy,

Musing on the Death Penalty

A double murderer
Shot before a firing squad
Justice or revenge?

An eye for an eye
So, the old law book conveys
Punishment for sin

Society’s way
To rid town square of...

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Categories: 12th grade, abuse, death,

Life and Death

into reticence 
a silent hive where worms thrive 
past lives make their bed...

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Categories: death, life, nature,

For Heather

Deaths are not easy
Please know I am here for you
Reach out anytime
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Categories: death, friendship, pain, sorrow,

Feelings from a distance

Four gunshots go off
down, down, down, I go,
I wasn't even there
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Categories: 10th grade, 8th grade,

Brotherhood

As blood and death flow,
Men stand United. Brothers.
Honorable. Fearless....

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Categories: best friend, brother, character,

At the Cemetery

into stone cold ground
a black casket lowered down . . . 
snow falls all around...

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Categories: death,

- Haiku X 347 - no longer sings -


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Categories: death, nature, sad,

IN HOLY NAVIGATION

IN HOLY NAVIGATION: A HAIKU QUINTET

Moonlight skies are bright,
My palisaded road clear;
God navigating:-

Destiny awaits,
End of the forest is seen;
God navigating:-

In my life's garden,
I walk a...

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Categories: endurance, extended metaphor, fate,