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Richard Auriga
@bardofthemaker.bsky.social
he/him • bard • believer • blogger

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superhuman love
one single mother of five
shares onigiri

#SenryuSunday
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
transatlantic flight
my swift reentry into
the twilight zone
#senryu
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Freedom Friday: An Ode to Greta Thunberg”

I.

Feel free to come aboard the flotilla
for the future of this Friday climate.
Epicenter of the Greta effect–
ripples crack the roads just like a trident.
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Our will refreshed upon a racing stream

The sunken hearts rise to a waking dream

#iambicpentameter
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Oscillating chords
of an old traveler’s lute
shaping history

#senryu
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
#haikufeels writhe

garter snake writhes all pain his pleasure
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
glittering sonnet
a hole punched piece of paper
lets the light pass through

#SenryuSunday
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
Sunday in Madrid
an unexpected onslaught
of Americans
#SenryuSunday #senryu
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
wind swept morning
nothing remains on the street
but a beggar’s cup

#senryu
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
bottom feeder
the season’s last mosquito
finds a cheek
#SenryuSunday #senryu
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
fairy lights
this moon rising out
from a picture book

#DailyHaikuPrompt (moon rise)
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
across space and time
unforgiving solar winds
chilling the silence

#SenryuSunday
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
leave the watchtower
along with jokers and thieves
for a brighter fate

#senryu
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One year guarding the veil from piercing blades

#iambicpentameter
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
rainy northern nights
the warmth of a family
one true saving grace

#senryu
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
third times
the charm — an incantation
at the burial
#SenryuSunday #spookysenryu #senryu
October 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
#haikufeels echo

sleet echo the raincoat witch cackles
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
prophetic whispers
the winds of yesterday sing
to tomorrow’s tune

#SenryuSunday
October 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
many faces
always hungry
attic debris
ages fearlessly
scattered vagabonds
reflect anew

#micropoetry #poet #poetry
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
handful of parsley
sage haze and scarlet rose clouds
Mary keeping thyme

#senryu
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
courage chiming in
a samurai’s shamisen
Astu’s melody

#GhostofYōtei #senryu
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
scales of Astraea
putting chaos back in check
humbling earthly kings

#senryu
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
a brand new chapter
novel with empty pages
waiting to be filled

#SenryuSunday
October 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Your voice remains after the darkness clears

#iambicpentameter
October 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Reposted by Richard Auriga
red letter day
cocktail napkins wipe up
their excesses
#DailyHaikuPrompt #SenryuSunday #senryu
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM