Herb Tate
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the go-between — I carry a message for the evening star
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(evening)
3 months ago
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Absent chimes over silent tick. Burial day night.
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(chimes)
1 day ago
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airing out — weather debate for the moment settled
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(airing out)
2 days ago
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cast-off cocoon — another new date for the end times
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(cocoon)
3 days ago
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ambrosial nectar brushing off dirt from potatoes
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(ambrosial)
4 days ago
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So pleased to have these two chosen by Tanya for the April edition of Kingfisher - print and pdf copies available via the link below.
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kingfisherjournal.com
5 days ago
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rainbow’s end… returning my eyes to the road ahead
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(rainbow)
5 days ago
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Delighted to have two pieces appearing in the latest edition of cattails. Many thanks to all involved, particularly David Kelly for senryu and Geethanjali Rajan for selecting my haiku for commentary as an Editor’s Choice.
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6 days ago
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echo location finding myself not where I thought I was
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#senryu
#SenryuSunday
6 days ago
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new green tea — with thumb and forefinger fresh packet picked
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(new tea)
6 days ago
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orchid field the beauty of nature not about me
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#HaikuSaturday
7 days ago
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suppose we agree to disagree - tickle grass and tumbleweed
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(tickle)
7 days ago
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thunder rumbles not so well hidden fear of the dark
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(thunder)
8 days ago
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empty nest a hole in the fence needs fixing
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(nest)
9 days ago
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Thanks to Iliyana for choosing these two of mine for the latest edition of Blithe Spirit (May 2026). calling me out… the only star I know just setting trail of ants… oh, such a lot of coming and going
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9 days ago
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fallen wall the roots here before me
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(roots)
10 days ago
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south wind argument heats up shutters go down
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(south wind)
11 days ago
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porch light I feel a bit sad for the moon
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(porch)
12 days ago
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my torch song scrawled on the side of your coffee
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#senryu
#SenryuSunday
13 days ago
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balmy evening the crickets add to the breathless hush
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(balmy)
13 days ago
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cherry blossoms more and more counting my lucky stars
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#HaikuSaturday
14 days ago
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grief matters — end of one candle lighting another
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(grief)
14 days ago
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5haikuSpoken
14 days ago
5haikuSpoken: issue 25 Poets
@biswajitca.bsky.social
Eric Lohman
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
@herbtate5.bsky.social
#5haikuSpoken
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#senryu
#spokenpoetry
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sleep trouble counting the chicks after they’ve hatched
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(chick)
15 days ago
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Great haiku (inspired by the YouTube prompt) and commentary on the Poetry Pea Podcast this week - including one from me at 2’44” (thanks to Johnny for choosing it and Patricia for reading).
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#PoetryPea
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S9E17 Haiku on the River
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
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16 days ago
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spray of chrysanthemums curtains close on the end of the beginning
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(spray)
16 days ago
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new clothes the rites of summer start again
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(new clothes)
17 days ago
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summer breeze a day of nothing much matters
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(breeze)
18 days ago
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Many thanks to DJ Tyrer for featuring this haiku of mine in the 5-7-5 Haiku Journal.
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575haikujournal.wordpress.com
19 days ago
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waves on the shore my heart does all the pounding
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(wave)
19 days ago
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summer moon taste of faraway strawberry climes
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(summer moon)
20 days ago
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street artiste one clap, the audience flies away
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#senryu
#SenryuSunday
20 days ago
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nature notes the rite of spring in a musical bush
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#HaikuSaturday
21 days ago
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bright moon… small hours growing longer and longer
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(bright)
21 days ago
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catching my eye beautiful butterflies… a singular moth
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(moth)
22 days ago
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lingering over one final drink to forget
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#senryu
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(lingering)
23 days ago
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spring rain my umbrella stays remarkably dry
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(spring rain)
24 days ago
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hazy moon in the rock pool a limpet loosens
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(hazy moon)
25 days ago
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sundowner I drink to the revolution
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(down)
26 days ago
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following footsteps across the beach…a trail of my own making
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#senryu
#SenryuSunday
27 days ago
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new leaves growing closer and closer the future past
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(new leaves)
27 days ago
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over blossoms — at least the beauty in concrete
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#HaikuSaturday
28 days ago
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evening pace as long as we are together
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(evening)
28 days ago
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Many thanks to DJ Tyrer for also choosing this haiku for 5-7-5 Haiku Journal.
#haiku
575haikujournal.wordpress.com
29 days ago
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lupine flurry the garden starts to grow on me
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(lupine)
29 days ago
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cow in calf the journey never ends
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(calf)
about 1 month ago
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howling wind on the mountainside… so peaceful here
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(mountain)
about 1 month ago
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Many thanks to DJ Tyrer for choosing my haiku for 5-7-5 Haiku Journal.
#haiku
575haikujournal.wordpress.com
about 1 month ago
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Shinobazu Pond 俳句
about 1 year ago
Introducing 'Shinobazu Pond' - A Haiku & Haikai Notebook
shinobazupond.blogspot.com/p/about.html
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Kasamatsu Shiro - Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond (1932) Â Â Shinobazu Pond is a haiku notebook written by Tim Chamberlain , an Englishman ...
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in the lee of a ruined windmill… leaf sails past
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(windmill)
about 1 month ago
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calm at last — no longer rushing remembering
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(calm)
about 1 month ago
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