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Herb Tate

@herbtate5.bsky.social

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Writer of #haiku, #senryu, and #haibun. herbtate.com

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · Jun 4

exposed roots
box of old photos
dug from the attic

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (roots)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 8h

harvest moon
learning the journey
my morning commute

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 8h

vivid, the yellows
of sunrise, silent
the night

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (vivid)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 1d

clutching at straws
forever friend’s
frayed fingers

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (straw)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 2d

the flight
of time’s arrow -
an echo of geese

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (geese)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Robin, for including a couple of mine…

smols is an eclectic poetry journal featuring ultra-shorts, five words max. No themes. Submit up to five untitled pieces. Email to [email protected] with smols as your subject.

smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1

#haiku #smols

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 3d

machine in the ghost -
another thing not quite
as it seems

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (ghost)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 4d

snog marry avoid
I win again
at solitaire

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 5d

night chill
the thought of tomorrow’s
yesterday

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 6d

self-bought flowers -
it’s the thought
that counts

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 6d

without prompting
shivers before
the winter tree

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (no prompt)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 7d

starting to collect
birds in autumn
like a magpie

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 7d

yellow leaves
learning to love
there’s no going back

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaves)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 8d

the feeling of frost
on the promise
of snow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 9d

arrow smith
carving a life
out of nothing

#senryu #PJJournal

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 9d

what the grain would give
for a bird brain
high in the sky

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (grain)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 10d

hunter’s moon
every so often
my shadow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 11d

high tide beach
caught on the spit
in the spray

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 12d

just for the joy of it…
laughter between
the tulips

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 13d

signs of the times
cuts that you can
and can’t see

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 13d

dotted
along the eaves
the leaves morse coding
winter

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (eaves)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 14d

seeking space
to lie and ponder
heavens opening

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 14d

sea bass…
whale song sinking
deeper and deeper

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (sea bass)