 He later moved to Washington, DC where he attended St. John's College High School, the National Art School, and American University.From 1950 to 1952 he studied at Hans Hoffman's School of Fine Arts in New York before moving to Alaska where he homesteaded from 1954 to 1969.Haines published nine collections of poetry and numerous works of nonfiction, including his acclaimed Alaskan book "The Stars, the Snow, the Fire