Trying haiku for the first time - are these any good?

Hey everyone! I'm super new to poetry (mostly do spoken word at my college) and wanted to try haiku. I know it's 5-7-5 syllables but I'm not sure if I'm getting the "feel" right. Here are three attempts:

Coffee grows cold now
Textbook pages blur like fog
Finals will not end

Mom calls, I don't pick
The guilt of being too busy
She'll understand though

Snow on my window
I trace words you'll never read
Gone before the melt

Are these too angsty lol? I know haiku are supposed to be about nature but I couldn't resist making them personal. Be honest!

Welcome, StardustLines! Let me nerd out about haiku for a second:

Traditional haiku do often focus on nature and contain a "kigo" (seasonal reference) and a "kireji" (cutting word that creates pause). But modern English haiku have evolved - personal subjects are absolutely valid.

On your attempts:

Coffee haiku: Solid! "Finals will not end" captures that eternal-suffering feeling perfectly. The fog metaphor is nice.

Mom haiku: This one's a bit tell-y. "The guilt of being too busy" explains too much. What if you showed the guilt instead? Maybe: "Mom calls, I don't pick / the phone rings to voicemail / her voice fills the room"

Snow haiku: This is your best one! "Gone before the melt" is haunting. The image of tracing words on a cold window is beautiful and sad. Keep this one.

You're off to a great start!

Omg thank you both!! The rewrite suggestion for the mom haiku is so much better - you're right that I was explaining instead of showing. And wait, I didn't know about the syllable thing! That's actually freeing.

Gonna keep working on these. Thanks for the warm welcome!

I agree with WordSmithJay - the snow haiku is lovely. It has that quality of presence that good haiku need: we are IN the moment with you, at that window.

One gentle note: in English haiku, 5-7-5 isn't actually a hard rule. Japanese syllables work differently, and many contemporary English haiku use fewer syllables. Don't let the count trap you - the feeling matters more.

Welcome to poetry!