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Writer, poet and author of Haiku Evolution and Haiku Traditions. Interests in history, philosophy and photography. Poetry, not politics. #haiku #senryu #tanka

Greenville, South Carolina
Joined October 2025
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Leon Tefft
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One of my greatest joys in writing is weaving together the elements that make a successful haibun. I'm honored to have my work included alongside that of my haibun peers in the December 2025 issue of Drifting Sands Haibun. Please visit this link to read the issue.
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Leon Tefft
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#haibun #poetry Looks Like You've Seen a Ghost “Are you there?” *no answer* Why should I be surprised? I’m peering in from the edge without knowing how far I’ll have to go. The path before me leads through a legion of oaks, vanishing out of sight. No choice but to
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Leon Tefft
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I'm honored to have this haiku published in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Cicada's Cry: Sunday sermon the blackbirds have much to say #haiku #poetry
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Leon Tefft
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autumn snow a crow springs from the brittle cornfield #haiku #HaikuSaturday
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Leon Tefft
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apogee of an arc where air is thinnest and coldest the charity of gravity restoring life through the fall #tanka #vss365
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waves ebb and flow the ocean never seems to mind #haiku #haikuchallenge
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Leon Tefft
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Fascinating to read this Venezuelan poet during these turbulent times, and the ability to do so via X.
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Noris Roberts
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Behind my eyes I drop a flower for peace, for love, for life, in this endless tragedy of pettiness, terror and lack of humanity @JoshuaScribner3 @JoshuaScribner3
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Leon Tefft
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sakura wind blossoms warm the lingering snow #haiku #haikuchallenge
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Leon Tefft
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the busker joined by a chorus of warblers #haiku #haikuchallenge
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Leon Tefft
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Click here to read more: https://t.co/g3lJPc6vxm
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Leon Tefft
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My thanks to Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lundquist for publishing my haiku in the Autumn/Winter 2025 edition of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal: evergreen bough her darling pearls worn one last time #haiku #poetry
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Leon Tefft
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symphony night our cab driver humming Jailhouse Rock #senryu #SenryuSunday
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Leon Tefft
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I don't know if anything was lost in the Spanish to English translation, but I enjoyed discovering the remarkable haiku and senryu of this poet's timeline.
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Ginebra
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°˖あSenryū ༻✧ Es hada blanca que exorciza las brumas tras mi ventana. Luz es su verbo alma y pluma de plata su vuelo asoma. Corazón de oro su latido me colma cesa la lluvia. Ginebra©® 📹Detalle de @marttucca 🙏💫🫂 (Vallemarie Art)
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Leon Tefft
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lazy river a kingfisher ruffles the placid sky #haiku #HaikuSaturday
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Jo Malby (semi hiatus)
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before the doorbell crunching snow ~ Leon Tefft, @leontefft / Published in The Heron's Nest: https://t.co/jsA8AIn0YK // #Art: ‘Tranquil Path’ by Kaoru Yamada #haiku #3lines
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Leon Tefft
15 days
Published in today’s cold moon themed Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network: cold moon crossing names off the Christmas list #senryu #poetry https://t.co/5IGYV1mkWE
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winter sunrise a squadron of flamingos fly past the moon--Francoise Maurice (Draguignan, France)
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Leon Tefft
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One more of my senryu published in Issue 47 of Prune Juice, this one notably more lighthearted than yesterday's: Shakespeare in the park a special cameo by the stray beagle #senryu #poetry
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