MarkgZero
@markgzero.bsky.social
Writer. 'Ribbons and Rainbows', a mini poetry ebook published by Yavanika Press available at http://payhip.com/b/uB5Ri. 'Variations on the Planets', a short paperback co-written with Eavonka Ettinger is available from Amazon via www.azonlinks.com/B0DW9HBDG
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MarkgZero
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· Feb 11
Variations on the Planets, a short chapbook by Mark Gilbert and Eavonka Ettinger, is available in paperback to purchase at minimum price via Amazon. It combines Japanese aesthetics, space science & sci-fi in 37 individual #haiku in 8 sequences. Here's the universal link:
www.azonlinks.com/B0DW9HBDGR
www.azonlinks.com/B0DW9HBDGR
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Many thanks to The Haiku Foundation Haiku Dialogue Guest Editor, @dkarlbrandt.bsky.social , for the commentary on my poem today at
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
…one with the reed and wind my breath in the flute
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
…one with the reed and wind my breath in the flute
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Many thanks to The Haiku Foundation Haiku Dialogue Guest Editor, @dkarlbrandt.bsky.social , for the commentary on my poem today at
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
…one with the reed and wind my breath in the flute
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
…one with the reed and wind my breath in the flute
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Deeply honored to have both a #Haiku and a #Senryu included in Issue 40 of #FemkuMag. Every poem in this issue is truly stunning. Thanks so much to Editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including mine.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Deeply honored to have both a #Haiku and a #Senryu included in Issue 40 of #FemkuMag. Every poem in this issue is truly stunning. Thanks so much to Editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including mine.
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auf dem weg zur nachtschicht
die hunde heulen
mit mir
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#inkmine #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#scifaikusaturday #haikusaturday
#dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday
#vssmagic #haikuchallenge
published now in kidlit-poem-podcast #quaquagedichte - thank you!
#kidlit #poem #podcast
die hunde heulen
mit mir
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#inkmine #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#scifaikusaturday #haikusaturday
#dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday
#vssmagic #haikuchallenge
published now in kidlit-poem-podcast #quaquagedichte - thank you!
#kidlit #poem #podcast
#36 Qua Qua Gedichte – Wieder mal gehört
23.11.2025 - Zwei Freund:innen, die sich lange nicht gehört haben, beginnen, sich über Sprachnachrichten gegenseitig Gedichte zuzuschicken.
cba.media
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
auf dem weg zur nachtschicht
die hunde heulen
mit mir
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#inkmine #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#scifaikusaturday #haikusaturday
#dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday
#vssmagic #haikuchallenge
published now in kidlit-poem-podcast #quaquagedichte - thank you!
#kidlit #poem #podcast
die hunde heulen
mit mir
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#inkmine #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#scifaikusaturday #haikusaturday
#dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday
#vssmagic #haikuchallenge
published now in kidlit-poem-podcast #quaquagedichte - thank you!
#kidlit #poem #podcast
Proud to have these delightful #micropoems - I guess they are #senryu - at smols, many thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson. Btw one of them was inspired by George Floyd. #GeorgeFloyd
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Proud to have these delightful #micropoems - I guess they are #senryu - at smols, many thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson. Btw one of them was inspired by George Floyd. #GeorgeFloyd
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
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smols
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
smols
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025
Thanks to editor @dkarlbrandt.bsky.social for including me in this week's musical haiku selection (see attached - apologies for the missing apostrophe - my fault). I enjoyed immersing myself in this week's superb musical prompt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmRP...
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thanks to editor @dkarlbrandt.bsky.social for including me in this week's musical haiku selection (see attached - apologies for the missing apostrophe - my fault). I enjoyed immersing myself in this week's superb musical prompt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmRP...
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
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A new verse from returning contributor Eavonka Ettinger:
once bitten
twice shy
Eve’s apple
— Eavonka Ettinger
once bitten
twice shy
Eve’s apple
— Eavonka Ettinger
…
once bittentwice shyEve’s apple — Eavonka Ettinger
dadakuku.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Eavonka Ettinger:
once bitten
twice shy
Eve’s apple
— Eavonka Ettinger
once bitten
twice shy
Eve’s apple
— Eavonka Ettinger
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Wonderful to have this haiku accepted for Under the Basho's Personal Best category with a commentary by me. It's very refreshing to read the thoughts of poets on haiku they have written and their journey, something rarely seen nowadays. Great job editor Don Baird.
underthebasho.com/the-journal/...
underthebasho.com/the-journal/...
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Wonderful to have this haiku accepted for Under the Basho's Personal Best category with a commentary by me. It's very refreshing to read the thoughts of poets on haiku they have written and their journey, something rarely seen nowadays. Great job editor Don Baird.
underthebasho.com/the-journal/...
underthebasho.com/the-journal/...
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A new verse from returning contributor Mark Gilbert:
violets /
destroying /
a hole punch
— Mark Gilbert
violets /
destroying /
a hole punch
— Mark Gilbert
…
violets /destroying /a hole punch — Mark Gilbert
dadakuku.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Mark Gilbert:
violets /
destroying /
a hole punch
— Mark Gilbert
violets /
destroying /
a hole punch
— Mark Gilbert
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A new verse from returning contributor Roberta Beach Jacobson:
God’s message soft porn
— Roberta Beach Jacobson
God’s message soft porn
— Roberta Beach Jacobson
…
God’s message soft porn — Roberta Beach Jacobson
dadakuku.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Roberta Beach Jacobson:
God’s message soft porn
— Roberta Beach Jacobson
God’s message soft porn
— Roberta Beach Jacobson
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A new verse from returning contributor Greyson Meyer:
𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁
A squarical error causes
two sides to
unparallel themselves
anew, now a newly
crescent dragonwagon:
premitless & geometrically confused.
— Greyson Meyer
𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁
A squarical error causes
two sides to
unparallel themselves
anew, now a newly
crescent dragonwagon:
premitless & geometrically confused.
— Greyson Meyer
Bureaucratalyst
A squarical error causestwo sides tounparallel themselvesanew, now a newlycrescent dragonwagon:premitless & geometrically confused. — Greyson Meyer
dadakuku.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Greyson Meyer:
𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁
A squarical error causes
two sides to
unparallel themselves
anew, now a newly
crescent dragonwagon:
premitless & geometrically confused.
— Greyson Meyer
𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁
A squarical error causes
two sides to
unparallel themselves
anew, now a newly
crescent dragonwagon:
premitless & geometrically confused.
— Greyson Meyer
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A new verse from returning contributor John Grey:
lying on his back
afloat in tender water
with all due respect
he adds nothing
to this pond
— John Grey
lying on his back
afloat in tender water
with all due respect
he adds nothing
to this pond
— John Grey
…
lying on his backafloat in tender water with all due respect he adds nothing to this pond — John Grey
dadakuku.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A new verse from returning contributor John Grey:
lying on his back
afloat in tender water
with all due respect
he adds nothing
to this pond
— John Grey
lying on his back
afloat in tender water
with all due respect
he adds nothing
to this pond
— John Grey
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I’m truly honored to have this #senryu poem included in issue #17 of the Turning Japanese column of Suspect Device Zine among such phenomenal poems/poets. Thanks so much to Editor Tim Gardiner for including mine. Click on the link below to read them all.
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m truly honored to have this #senryu poem included in issue #17 of the Turning Japanese column of Suspect Device Zine among such phenomenal poems/poets. Thanks so much to Editor Tim Gardiner for including mine. Click on the link below to read them all.
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
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Two haiku of mine in Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. Thanks Tim Gardiner for the honour!
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Two haiku of mine in Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. Thanks Tim Gardiner for the honour!
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
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Out at Suspect Device edited by Tim Gardiner - two eco #haiku
crossing the lines
on the road
to extinction
on the verge windhovers
(always good to write about kestrels)
Link: suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
crossing the lines
on the road
to extinction
on the verge windhovers
(always good to write about kestrels)
Link: suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Out at Suspect Device edited by Tim Gardiner - two eco #haiku
crossing the lines
on the road
to extinction
on the verge windhovers
(always good to write about kestrels)
Link: suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
crossing the lines
on the road
to extinction
on the verge windhovers
(always good to write about kestrels)
Link: suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.ht...
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light rain all night
in the glass of a storefront
the homeless man
sees his reflection
stops to finger-comb his hair
Published in: Ribbons
Tanka Society of America
Fall/Winter 2025: Volume 21, Number 2
#Tanka #TankaPoem #Micropoetry
in the glass of a storefront
the homeless man
sees his reflection
stops to finger-comb his hair
Published in: Ribbons
Tanka Society of America
Fall/Winter 2025: Volume 21, Number 2
#Tanka #TankaPoem #Micropoetry
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
light rain all night
in the glass of a storefront
the homeless man
sees his reflection
stops to finger-comb his hair
Published in: Ribbons
Tanka Society of America
Fall/Winter 2025: Volume 21, Number 2
#Tanka #TankaPoem #Micropoetry
in the glass of a storefront
the homeless man
sees his reflection
stops to finger-comb his hair
Published in: Ribbons
Tanka Society of America
Fall/Winter 2025: Volume 21, Number 2
#Tanka #TankaPoem #Micropoetry
A great honour to contribute to the latest Suspect Device zine Turning Japanese column with a Kerouacian #senryu #haiku, many thanks to editor Tim Gardiner - do check out Tim's 10-verse sequence and the other On The Road-inspired content from the Talent
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A great honour to contribute to the latest Suspect Device zine Turning Japanese column with a Kerouacian #senryu #haiku, many thanks to editor Tim Gardiner - do check out Tim's 10-verse sequence and the other On The Road-inspired content from the Talent
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html
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Happy Halloween everyone 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy Halloween everyone 🎃
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Many thanks to Professor Mcmurray once again for publishing my ku.
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
flickering candles
slicing into
pumpkin pie
not diamonds
in the sky, but
witches!
#haiku
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
flickering candles
slicing into
pumpkin pie
not diamonds
in the sky, but
witches!
#haiku
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
moonless night a black cat closes his eyes and disappears--Mario Massimo Zontini (Parma, Italy)
www.asahi.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Many thanks to Professor Mcmurray once again for publishing my ku.
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
flickering candles
slicing into
pumpkin pie
not diamonds
in the sky, but
witches!
#haiku
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
flickering candles
slicing into
pumpkin pie
not diamonds
in the sky, but
witches!
#haiku
3 ~#monoku at latest Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/10/afte...
'Crackle' inspired by this video (you can hear it at ~0:04). Sinéad O'Connor channelling Veronica Lake while singing a Cole Porter tune. Her voice barely louder than the crackle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9d...
'Crackle' inspired by this video (you can hear it at ~0:04). Sinéad O'Connor channelling Veronica Lake while singing a Cole Porter tune. Her voice barely louder than the crackle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9d...
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
3 ~#monoku at latest Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/10/afte...
'Crackle' inspired by this video (you can hear it at ~0:04). Sinéad O'Connor channelling Veronica Lake while singing a Cole Porter tune. Her voice barely louder than the crackle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9d...
'Crackle' inspired by this video (you can hear it at ~0:04). Sinéad O'Connor channelling Veronica Lake while singing a Cole Porter tune. Her voice barely louder than the crackle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9d...
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If anyone needs a Halloween costume idea and struggles with a fear or anxiety, dress up as your biggest fear.
Yesterday at Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. I love Roberta for giving us a chance to write these kinds of tweet-like poems.
Yesterday at Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. I love Roberta for giving us a chance to write these kinds of tweet-like poems.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If anyone needs a Halloween costume idea and struggles with a fear or anxiety, dress up as your biggest fear.
Yesterday at Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. I love Roberta for giving us a chance to write these kinds of tweet-like poems.
Yesterday at Five Fleas Itchy Poetry. I love Roberta for giving us a chance to write these kinds of tweet-like poems.
Reposted by MarkgZero
Halloween moon—
showing us only
the dark side
— Mark Gilbert
showing us only
the dark side
— Mark Gilbert
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Halloween moon—
showing us only
the dark side
— Mark Gilbert
showing us only
the dark side
— Mark Gilbert
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It’s Wednesday - The #HaikuFoundation’s #HaikuDialogue day and glad to see my #haiku featured in the long list. This week’s theme was: Music Around the World
.Grateful to Deborah Karl-Brandt Guest Editor
#vss365
#inkMine #haiku #haikusaturday #poetrycommunity
#poetry #senryu
.Grateful to Deborah Karl-Brandt Guest Editor
#vss365
#inkMine #haiku #haikusaturday #poetrycommunity
#poetry #senryu
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It’s Wednesday - The #HaikuFoundation’s #HaikuDialogue day and glad to see my #haiku featured in the long list. This week’s theme was: Music Around the World
.Grateful to Deborah Karl-Brandt Guest Editor
#vss365
#inkMine #haiku #haikusaturday #poetrycommunity
#poetry #senryu
.Grateful to Deborah Karl-Brandt Guest Editor
#vss365
#inkMine #haiku #haikusaturday #poetrycommunity
#poetry #senryu