Herb Tate
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the go-between — I carry a message for the evening star
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(evening)
about 1 month ago
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Many thanks to Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips for including my senryu in the recently published Issue #48 of prune juice.
#senryu
@prunejuicejournal.bsky.social
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fountain carp — deep stirrings rise to the surface
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(carp)
1 day ago
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window seat filling the boredom priceless tears
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
2 days ago
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misty day making plans that go no-where
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(misty)
2 days ago
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crescent earth — a different face looks out of the mirror
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
www.nasa.gov
3 days ago
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scattered thoughts… gently thinning seedlings
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(seedlings)
3 days ago
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Herb Tate
Only Human: A Senryu Journal
3 days ago
Dear Humans, Our first issue is live! We are so grateful to all of our wonderful contributors, and we cannot wait for the world to meet these poems inside this issue. You can read it on our website:
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Only Human: English Language Senryu
https://www.onlyhumansenryu.com
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Delighted to be among the runners-up of the Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition 2026 for the 2027 Calendar (available in the autumn). Thanks to everyone involved and congratulations to all the winners.
#haiku
www.snapshotpress.co.uk/calendars/th...
4 days ago
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the quiet life… experience rests on a garden hoe
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(hoe)
4 days ago
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The latest Poetry Pea Podcast S9E12 is out full of great poems and commentary. My own contribution is at 34’ 40” - thank you very much to Patricia for selecting it.
#haiku
#senryu
youtu.be/gor-Asqyx0g?...
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S9E12 Poetry Pea Podcast Brilliant poetry and some highlights from our judges'
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
https://youtu.be/gor-Asqyx0g?si=YctktTJZHaYzgF95
5 days ago
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waning moon… buds about to begin the next phase
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(waning)
5 days ago
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pheasant feathers in fallow field: detatchment
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(pheasant)
6 days ago
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spring buds… starting to be over already
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(buds)
7 days ago
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crocus buds… garden passion resurrected
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(crocus)
8 days ago
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journey’s end… choosing the place where everyone lays to rest
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
9 days ago
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tilling the field… momentary check I’m on the right lines
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(till)
9 days ago
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embracing the unspeakable mountain view
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
10 days ago
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distant thunder… I begin to value the silence
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(thunder)
10 days ago
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more lines in face of the sun first swallow
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(swallow)
11 days ago
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picture window swaying of gusts in the treetops
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(gusts)
12 days ago
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hour upon hour stork staring mad… getting a life
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(stork)
13 days ago
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winding path down to the beach search for a special shell
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(shell)
14 days ago
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willow warbler… whistling by another year
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(warbler)
15 days ago
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trick candles on my birthday cake I wasn’t born yesterday
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
16 days ago
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long day’s journey… reflecting a moment in the mirror
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(long day)
16 days ago
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swirlings of wax round the candle moon behind cloud
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
17 days ago
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spring grass fighting the urge to go back
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(spring grass)
17 days ago
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yesterday and today as different as day and night — spring equinox
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(equinox)
18 days ago
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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿
19 days ago
This week's fallen petalshaiku commentary post. Featuring poets:
@wolftwinthomas.bsky.social
@jennfel.bsky.social
@shinobazupond.bsky.social
@rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
@herbtate5.bsky.social
#haiku
#poetry
open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...
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Blueberry dreams and saxophones
a fallen petals post
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/blueberry-dreams-and-saxophones?r=43e1w&utm_medium=ios
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melting away… shape of the path out of mist emerging
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(melting)
19 days ago
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field horse tail — here, before and after, the horse…and field
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(horse tail)
20 days ago
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late snow over hellebore… a covering of beauty
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(late snow)
21 days ago
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sunny windowsill — tadpoles in bell jar slowly croaking
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(tadpole)
22 days ago
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sax solo — the way the evening just got longer
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
23 days ago
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spring sunshine — planting mixes of maybe blooms
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(bloom)
23 days ago
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Herb Tate
The Solitary Daisy 🌼
24 days ago
Enjoy the signs of spring from these talented haikuists! Here is issue 70!
#haiku
#senryu
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/03/issu...
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Issue 70 Signs Of Spring Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
This is a deft spring haiku that links natural fluctuation with a small domestic moment. Its strength lies in the quiet mirroring between climate and sound.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/03/issue-70-signs-of-spring-haiku/
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spring morning stroll — the growing urgency alongside the path
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
24 days ago
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hare in the distance thinking about smiling
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(hare)
24 days ago
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low tide beach — steps in the footsteps of footsteps
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(low tide)
25 days ago
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under the spring sky a lottery of faces looking up
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(spring sky)
26 days ago
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old-fashioned plow — looking back the rustiness shows
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(plow)
27 days ago
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sound of my heart… by pond, with frog just sitting
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(frog)
28 days ago
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moon walk — the lightness I feel for a change
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(moon)
29 days ago
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meeting point — soft sand with the sun on my eyes
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
30 days ago
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fiddleheads — a wet spring walk takes a pleasant turn
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(fiddlehead)
30 days ago
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spring promise bare patch of mud by the road side
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
about 1 month ago
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after nirvana everything still to do
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(nirvana)
about 1 month ago
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returning geese — restoring a shape to the season
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(geese)
about 1 month ago
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catkins on branches… time standing still
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
(catkin)
about 1 month ago
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new moon; in the nick of time, a silhouette
#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(new moon)
about 1 month ago
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