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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.
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
first snow…
peeling a mandarin
by the window

#haiku #poetry
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
...for the bluejay
in the morning wind
a gentle rain...

#haiku #poetry #infiniku
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
…layer upon layer
peel after peel
the leaves eddy…

#haiku #poetry #infiniku
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
silent snow…
eddies in the sparrow’s
breath

#haiku #poetry
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
leaves falling…
all our future
yesterdays

#haiku #poetry
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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foggy memories—
the kite’s last flight
before dusk

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#foggykite
#poetry
#haiku
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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winter is coming
the sound of a train
in the distance

#haiku
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
school fence…
in every link
a sparrow

#haiku #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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new spring
Yataro dies, priest Issa
is born

Yatarô was Issa's given name. In this haiku he celebrates his "rebirth" as Issa, which literally means "One cup of tea."

#haiku

Lanoue, trans.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
sunrise…
the night peeling
utterly away

#haiku #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
moonset…
rain peeling
from the wind

#haiku #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
midnight pond…
the frog leaps
into the moon
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
sunset…
leaves peeling
to the wind

#haiku #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
moonrise…
waves peeling
to layered sands

#haiku #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
the bearing…
the baring
of the trees

#haiku #poetry
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
alone…
the night’s dew
in moonlight

#haiku #poetry
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
moon watching...
our skin collects
the dew

#haiku #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
insomnia…
the crow
has not quit

#haiku #senryu #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM