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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.
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into the wind
the river
a leaf

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

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

#haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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waitingforrowan.bsky.social
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
naumadd.bsky.social
a hint
of the moon…
autumn rain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#haiku #poetry
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
naumadd.bsky.social
first snow…
peeling a mandarin
by the window

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#haiku #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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laughingmonkey0.bsky.social
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