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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️

@naumadd.bsky.social

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Haiku writer and Air Force veteran retired. I have my own graphic design/art company Naumaddic Arts. I am a Zen Buddhist and live with my wife of 8+ years in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

in passing… the rain between us #haiku #poetry

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Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

the bee and I sheltering from the rain #haiku

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YourMoonliness @yourmoonliness.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

somewhere between not enough and too much summer rain #dailyhaikuprompt #rain

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Very Short Poem @veryshortpoem.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

too hot in #July for even the fly #vsp #poem #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #prompt #blueskypoets

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

spring moon… the koi makes a bubble #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

night rain… on the next page the cat #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

meditating… the mouse’s wet prints #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

…buzzz zzzzzzz zzzzz… #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

new leaves… fresh rain again #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

even deep in branches… bright sun #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

warm winds… only now the sparrow #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

spring sun… a little shade in her hair #haiku #poetry

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

afterwards the ceiling fan turns and turns #haiku

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

nothing to say... and so it rains #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

before the rain swallows in the wind #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

spring wind… the last autumn leaves #haiku #poetry

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sfpoet @sfpoet.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

rising sun in the cypress grove sea fog rain #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

last embers of sunset… bare trees #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

in the spring sky... petals #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

spring road… dandelions passing #haiku #poetry

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peggyvanslp.bsky.social @peggyvanslp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

spring heat — frying an egg on my snow shovel #haiku #poetry #climate

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Nicholas Klacsanzky @haikuforlife.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

late autumn . . . the mall escalator carrying itself --- published in Modern Haiku, 50:3, 2019 #haiku #poetry #poem

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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#haiku longer days the cats redraw their districts

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

river dusk— the water keeps a secret moving #haiku #poetry

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

by the gate forget-me-nots in the cool shade #haiku

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

early spring… all at once dandelions #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

with the rain some few petals #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

last snow… my footprints already water #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Trump lives by the morality of the savage. In other words, he disagrees that human shall not prey upon human. He opts out of civilization and its atttempt to supress the desire to eat one another alive.

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

passing… another train passing #haiku #poetry

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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#haiku past the fire station a fox running in the street

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Olga @0506oli.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Even stillness is a kind of journey #Photography #Art #Nature #SlowingDown #GoldenLight #PeacefulPlaces #WhereTimeRests #NothingIsWasted

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

dozing… falling with the rain #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

sakura… the rain between us #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

night train… she traces her reflection #haiku #senryu #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

in bare trees each drop lingers… last winter rain #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

late winter… in the wind last leaves #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

wild spring winds… catching my breath #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

taking off my hat… a few petals #haiku #poetry

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Latest Fallen Petals haiku commentary post featuring the following poets: @ireneaddie.bsky.social @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social @naumadd.bsky.social @magedah.bsky.social @wendyg63.bsky.social Haircuts and copperheads open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

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Haircuts and copperheads

a fallen petals post.

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thanks so much for selecting my "jelly handprint" haiku and thanks for the analysis/commentary. I'm always astounded at how so few words can inspire so much thought. Cheers!

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

trees budding… a cardinal to itself #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

spring sun… the bare trees cracking #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

cold rain... clouds in the mud #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

spring thaw… a jelly handprint on the window #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

winter rain… cupped in quince blossoms #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

falling snow… the candle flame follows #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

spring rain… the mud becomes mud #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

winter thaw… the puddle ice afloat #haiku #poetry

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

spring winds… a burst of sparrows #haiku #poetry