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Mark Tate

@markstate.bsky.social

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Inspired by: Michelle Obama Muhammad Ali Kamala AOC Ms Crockett numerous writers including Toni Morrison Basho Merwin. See www.markstephentate.com Walking Scarecrow (poems) won BLP Book of the Year (2023) ©️ posted poems. No DMs

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · Aug 26

I took this pic a few years ago but I’d like to dedicate it to my lovely wife of twenty plus years

A pic taken a few years ago dedicated to my lovely wife of twenty plus years

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 2h

Winter comes, and a crow perches on a scarecrow

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2 of 2 is from me:

crow watches, having borrowed straw from scarecrow

Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 3h

for @magedah.bsky.social re: ‘straw man’ 1 of 2 coming to you:

Winter comes, and a crow perched on a scarecrow

—Takarai Kikaku
[trans. Sato]

Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 19h

#DailyHaikuPrompt #monoku #senryu #MPPrompt

straw man I fear even the crows are laughing

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 2h

yes we could all use some humor and some haiku

sending you a hug and frog burp

Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 3h

for @magedah.bsky.social re: ‘straw man’ 1 of 2 coming to you:

Winter comes, and a crow perched on a scarecrow

—Takarai Kikaku
[trans. Sato]

Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 19h

#DailyHaikuPrompt #monoku #senryu #MPPrompt

straw man I fear even the crows are laughing

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 3h

A group of resisters meet in a tunnel and the one with specialized glasses spots a camera in the ceiling and speaks into his Dick Tracy watch—‘send in the cleaner’ Aloha my friend hope your zooms go well and a wonderful wave is eminent @hale-ie-maia.bsky.social

Kikē@Kailua @hale-ie-maia.bsky.social · 14h

#art #psychedelic #drawing #ink #watercolor #doodle #trippy #mandala #tondo #LGBTQ #Hawaii #bsky.art #pizza #paella #collage

11th October 2025 Post

Enjoy your weekend,
With Aloha a Tutti !

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 4h

This wonderful account ‘EJ’ celebrating ‘amphifa’ should be in every starter pack available Come on Long live amphibians!

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EJ @kwikwits.bsky.social · 5h

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 8h

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 5h

Haziness is the blackness of pines in the moonlight

—Takarai Kikaku

fog fuzzes the firs early morning after rain

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Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · 1d

Entries 1 to 43 of an ongoing project reimagining Beatles songs as old, mid century design inspired film posters.

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Al @bigcityal2000.bsky.social · 1d

#scape #coloraday #bwfri #classicmono #filmphotography

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 16h

We all are fashioned from light Our job is to keep the fire burning

—The Road, Cormac McCarthy

Bill Bailey @chroniclebill.bsky.social · 1d

@benniepatterson0.bsky.social

I AM the Light

Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 16h

Signed Sealed Delivered
“Here I yours . . . “
Stevie Wonder

Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 17h

Name another song that mentions the word "Here." 🎶
Written by David Coverdale & Bernie Marsden and first released by Whitesnake in 1982, the re-recorded and re-released 1987 version of "Here I Go Again" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 10, 1987. The 1982 original didn't crack the top 20