The Official Fall 2025 Haiku Contest has begun!

[Nybonsai12]

Tools rusted from rain
No branches remain to cut
Forgotten garden.

 

[Zac]

Lost three yard trees
So planted eight new trees
One to go out front

 

[Zac]

Leaves are falling now
The dogs are playing in them
Now it's time to clean them up

 

[DonielDoom]

My attempt at a fall nod.

Procrastinated
Orange and red kindly wave
It is not too late


Here's one based on my experience writing the first one. "Orange" was a trickier one than expected to sound out with my morning brain...

Is it one or two
Outstretched fingers keeping pace
Repeat, restructure

 

[stav121]

Weathered branches bend
Centuries whispered in leaves—
Universe in pot

 

[Dogestoevsky]

A pruning problem:
my Autumn routine includes
King Size Kit Kat bars

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Calm falls in autumn
Sleepy leaves drifting to earth
Gold crimson slumber

Losing energy
Chlorophyll pigmentation
Yields to autumn tones

 

[Alessandro]

Rooted in stillness,
ancient winds comb quiet leaves—
time rests in green hands.

 

[KateM]

Geese honk from above
Dots in the blue chilly sky
See you back in Spring

 

[19Mateo83]

For there is no try
Write a good haiku you must
The force is with me

 

[Lana]

Bonsai in moonlight—
Frost beads into silver drops,
Soft night starts to shine

 

[souvik1811]

My first ever tree.
Inverse taper, wire scars!!
I love it all the same.

 

[Kievnstavick]

Frosty Air Seeps In
Leaf Buds Sleep While Flowers Wake
Heart Warms With Cool Beauty

 

[DeepSouth]

My wife came up with this one today while we were walking in Sankeien Gardens in Yokohama, Japan:

A gentle breeze blows
Autumn’s first kiss graces trees
Here I am at peace

 

[littletreefarmer]

They say that sometimes
Art can help us to blur lines
like haiku that rhymes.

What are rules even?

 

[WavyGaby]

Hurricane season
Almost done blowing leaves and
Flooding rivers gone

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

Title: Fallen Leaves
Rattle has broken
Wind, whisper gently and soft
Nature sleeps for now

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Cold weather is great
No more fear of rattlesnakes
Hiking is carefree

 

[Bonsai Nut]

The contest is CLOSED to further entrants.

What are rules even?

The only rule is to enter a haiku. We do not judge based on content, or for that matter, whether the haiku entered is even 100% correct form. The winners are chosen randomly from the pool of entries - each person gets one chance to win regardless of the number of haikus entered.

 

[moke]

World chaos thunders,
Bonsai whispers gentle calm-
Peace in pruned branches.