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

winter rain…
cupped
in quince blossoms

#haiku #poetry

falling snow…
the candle flame
follows

#haiku #poetry

spring rain…
the mud
becomes mud

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winter thaw…
the puddle ice
afloat

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spring winds…
a burst
of sparrows

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march wind…
a yellow leaf
still

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dripping eaves…
sunrise
drip by drip

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night rain…
the cat sharpens
its claws

#haiku #poetry

cold clouds…
a fallen sparrow
in the rain

#haiku #poetry

Collage in purples, blues and oranges. Silhouette of a seated dog looking at a beach sunset.

copper-tinged waves
trying to fit the ocean
into my camera

“copper-tinged waves” is an 8x10 mixed media collage. It's the March art for my 2026 Makino Studios calendar, and there is a greeting card version reading, “take heart.” The #haiku was first published in Kingfisher.

streetlight…
rain shadows
down the wall

#haiku #poetry

March winds…
shadows become
sparrows

#haiku #poetry

spring thaw…
last year’s leaves
in the mud

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falling snow…
a dog sees
me

#haiku #poetry

dawn…
my breath
in the light

#haiku #poetry

February mud…
the long way
around

#haiku #poetry

snowmelt…
too bright
for winter eyes

#haiku #poetry

winter wind…
a thread
of sparrow song

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snowmelt…
the smell of earth
in the air

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the fly
chooses
to walk

spring thaw…
dripping
from the eaves

#haiku #poetry

early spring…
nothing yet
but grass

#haiku #poetry

spring thaw…
faces
in windows

#haiku #poetry

birds…
into
last light

#haiku #poetry

melting snow…
a sparrow
and another

#haiku #poetry

winter wind…
pages
one by one

#haiku #poetry

spring rain…
newsprint
in a puddle

#haiku #poetry

red Fuji—
ash drifting down
like cherry petals
#haiku #poetry

overripe
persimmons…
first snow

#haiku #poetry

snowstorm…
no one’s out
but a streetlight

#haiku #poetry