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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️
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Haiku writer and Air Force veteran retired. I own my own graphic design/art company Naumaddic Arts. I am a Zen Buddhist and live with my wife of 7+ years in Cincinnati, Ohio.
crusted snow…
the melting path
of a sparrow

#haiku #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
cold river…
the leaf drifts
into shadow

#haiku #poetry
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
in the wisps
of the old willow
another rain
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
soft sunrise…
as it happens
snow

#haiku #poetry
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
gone
the shade of trees…
the moon tangled

#haiku #poetry
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
not in my dreams…
a sparrow sings
in a gentle rain

#haiku #poetry
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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scratching Buddha's
head as they fall...
the leaves

Issa
#haiku

Lanoue, trans.
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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frozen apricot sky~
snow falls
softly, softly

#haiku
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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autumn drizzle—
the last red oak
keeps its leaves
#haiku #senryu
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
into the wind
the river
a leaf

#haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
moon
in the clouds…
tender rain

#haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
the last remnants
of autumn…
I find my gloves

#haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Results of the 17th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest are out and I am honored to have a #haiku selected!! Forever thankful to the judges and #contest coordinators 🫶🏻

#poetry #poems #butterfly #garden #spring #writingcommunity
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
a hint
of the moon…
autumn rain

#haiku #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
the sparrow too…
footprints in
fresh snow

#haiku #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
yellow leaf
flying
still

#haiku #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
the peeling waves…
plovers in a game
of keep away

#haiku #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
first snow…
a memory
of long nights

#haiku #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
first walk
in the fresh snow…
autumn moon

#haiku #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
sunset…
the gilded
snow

#haiku #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
a walk in the rain…
can’t make out
the voices

#haiku #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
…drifting
in the summer wind
swallows…

#haiku #poetry #infiniku
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
a song
from before…
the nightingale

#haiku #poetry
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
crows playing
in the winds
of the sun

#haiku #poetry
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
last leaves
away…
first snow

#haiku #poetry
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM