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
@markgzero.bsky.social
· 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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February 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I'm proud to have a distinctive minimalist haiku with a juxtaposition in the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social, congrats to all those who contribute and thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. A beautiful issue into which to immerse. Check it at www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025.
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I'm proud to have a distinctive minimalist haiku with a juxtaposition in the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social, congrats to all those who contribute and thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. A beautiful issue into which to immerse. Check it at www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025.
After Alex Honnold's scaling of Taipei 101 live & unaided on Netflix, you say I should write a 48 verse poem about his life of climbing? I ALREADY HAVE! 'After Free Solo' @spillwordspress.bsky.social was written about the gripping 2018 documentary which won an Oscar.
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
After 'Free Solo:' A Whoku Sequence at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: After 'Free Solo:' A Whoku Sequence by Mark Gilbert, a member of the British Haiku Society, and has recently ...
spillwords.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
After Alex Honnold's scaling of Taipei 101 live & unaided on Netflix, you say I should write a 48 verse poem about his life of climbing? I ALREADY HAVE! 'After Free Solo' @spillwordspress.bsky.social was written about the gripping 2018 documentary which won an Oscar.
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
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I’m excited to have these two horror senryu featured in Horror Senryu Journal today. Thanks so much to Editor Thomas Tilton.
#senryu #horror
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#senryu #horror
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January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I’m excited to have these two horror senryu featured in Horror Senryu Journal today. Thanks so much to Editor Thomas Tilton.
#senryu #horror
horrorkujournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#senryu #horror
horrorkujournal.blogspot.com?m=1
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January 25, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Many thanks to Robin for publishing my poem at smols. How cool is that? Yay! 😁
#haiku
#microcontroller
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#haiku
#microcontroller
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January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Many thanks to Robin for publishing my poem at smols. How cool is that? Yay! 😁
#haiku
#microcontroller
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#haiku
#microcontroller
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
Happy to be part of the January 2026 Sonic Boom, another great selection of poetry and artistry from Shloka Shankar.
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Happy to be part of the January 2026 Sonic Boom, another great selection of poetry and artistry from Shloka Shankar.
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom
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#Winter has fully arrived at FreshOut’s headquarters. To celebrate, here’s a playful #verse by Jenni Wyn Hyatt. @siffrwd (Of note: it’s the first iambic pentameter submitted to FreshOut in quite a few years! More please?) Jenni was born in Wales, but now lives in #Derbyshire. #poetry #poetrylovers
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
#Winter has fully arrived at FreshOut’s headquarters. To celebrate, here’s a playful #verse by Jenni Wyn Hyatt. @siffrwd (Of note: it’s the first iambic pentameter submitted to FreshOut in quite a few years! More please?) Jenni was born in Wales, but now lives in #Derbyshire. #poetry #poetrylovers
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski says “we need to disentangle our security apparatus from the USA so that we are genuinely independent”.
A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says “we need to disentangle our security apparatus from the USA so that we are genuinely independent”.
A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Another from the latest issue of Take 5ive, edited by Steve Wilkinson. This one is a #kyoka, a humorous or satirical variant on a #tanka. Today there is very little of Sherwood Forest left.
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
Sherwood Forest
trudging
from tree to tree
providing content
for free
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
Sherwood Forest
trudging
from tree to tree
providing content
for free
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Another from the latest issue of Take 5ive, edited by Steve Wilkinson. This one is a #kyoka, a humorous or satirical variant on a #tanka. Today there is very little of Sherwood Forest left.
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
Sherwood Forest
trudging
from tree to tree
providing content
for free
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
Sherwood Forest
trudging
from tree to tree
providing content
for free
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January 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I'm very pleased to have 5 poems in the latest Jan-26 issue of Take 5ive, the on-line journal for 5-line poetry. This of mine is a #tanka, I think, and a personal favourite.
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
sharing a sofa
and a bottle of rosé
binge watching
while northern lights
shine outside
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
sharing a sofa
and a bottle of rosé
binge watching
while northern lights
shine outside
Take 5ive
Take 5ive is a new journal from the Bamboo Hut featuring only 5 line tanka, gogyohka and gogyoshi. If you have been reading/writing these verse forms you will already be acquainted with their format.....
take5ive.weebly.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I'm very pleased to have 5 poems in the latest Jan-26 issue of Take 5ive, the on-line journal for 5-line poetry. This of mine is a #tanka, I think, and a personal favourite.
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
sharing a sofa
and a bottle of rosé
binge watching
while northern lights
shine outside
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...
sharing a sofa
and a bottle of rosé
binge watching
while northern lights
shine outside
I'm very pleased to contribute to the latest Folk Ku Journal from King River Press, curated by Jodie Hawthorne and featuring #haiku from 25 countries on a theme of Trees. The PDF is free to download at kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour....
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I'm very pleased to contribute to the latest Folk Ku Journal from King River Press, curated by Jodie Hawthorne and featuring #haiku from 25 countries on a theme of Trees. The PDF is free to download at kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour....
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Thanks to Jodie at King River Press for hosting my ku at Folk Ku Journal Issue 6 which is available to download as a pdf: kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour...
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to Jodie at King River Press for hosting my ku at Folk Ku Journal Issue 6 which is available to download as a pdf: kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour...
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Huge thanks once again to Robin at five fleas
fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/01/afte...
a shimmer
of wings
deep inside
the worm's lair
fathoms deep
the dead eye
looking back at me
#haiku
fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/01/afte...
a shimmer
of wings
deep inside
the worm's lair
fathoms deep
the dead eye
looking back at me
#haiku
Afternoon of January 17, 2026
fivefleas.blogspot.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Huge thanks once again to Robin at five fleas
fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/01/afte...
a shimmer
of wings
deep inside
the worm's lair
fathoms deep
the dead eye
looking back at me
#haiku
fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/01/afte...
a shimmer
of wings
deep inside
the worm's lair
fathoms deep
the dead eye
looking back at me
#haiku
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A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman:
̶i̶m̶m̶i̶g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶ice
— LeRoy Gorman
̶i̶m̶m̶i̶g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶ice
— LeRoy Gorman
…
immigrants have choice — LeRoy Gorman
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January 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman:
̶i̶m̶m̶i̶g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶ice
— LeRoy Gorman
̶i̶m̶m̶i̶g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶ice
— LeRoy Gorman
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Delighted to be back itching and a scratching in Five Fleas. Thank you to flea keeper, Robin Jacobson for publishing my ku #haiku #poetryasprotest
January 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Delighted to be back itching and a scratching in Five Fleas. Thank you to flea keeper, Robin Jacobson for publishing my ku #haiku #poetryasprotest
It was fun to write a review of @meldenn73.bsky.social's delightful chapbook 'Caravan... a trail of haiku' for the literary journal North of Oxford. This short collection is available at cost from amazon.co.uk/Caravan-trai... or via your country's site.
northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/c...
northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/c...
Caravan… a trail of haiku by Melissa Dennison
By Mark Gilbert A chapbook which is a pleasure to possess, hold and read. Melissa Dennison’s Caravan… a trail of haiku is a short collection of engaging snail-related poems from Nun Pro…
northofoxford.wordpress.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
It was fun to write a review of @meldenn73.bsky.social's delightful chapbook 'Caravan... a trail of haiku' for the literary journal North of Oxford. This short collection is available at cost from amazon.co.uk/Caravan-trai... or via your country's site.
northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/c...
northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/c...
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#tanka / #kyoka & #photo by returning contributor Melissa Dennison @melissa.dennison.54 , a writer of haiku & other short form #poetry from the United Kingdom. #womenshistorymonth #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #women #haiku #womensrights #unitedkingdom
March 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#tanka / #kyoka & #photo by returning contributor Melissa Dennison @melissa.dennison.54 , a writer of haiku & other short form #poetry from the United Kingdom. #womenshistorymonth #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #women #haiku #womensrights #unitedkingdom
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5haikuSpoken:
issue 18
Poets
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
Tracy Davidson
Jerome Berglund
Tony Williams
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry
issue 18
Poets
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
Tracy Davidson
Jerome Berglund
Tony Williams
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry
January 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
5haikuSpoken:
issue 18
Poets
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
Tracy Davidson
Jerome Berglund
Tony Williams
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry
issue 18
Poets
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
Tracy Davidson
Jerome Berglund
Tony Williams
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry
This was a nice moment for me during 2025.
I'm ecstatic to see my ekphrastic #haiku sequence After 'Free Solo' up at Spillwords.com. Inspired by an Oscar-winning documentary, it uses #whoku to reflect the intense focus of the story. I recommend the film. This is the longest poem I've ever had published. Enjoy!
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
spillwords.com/after-free-s...
After 'Free Solo:' A Whoku Sequence at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: After 'Free Solo:' A Whoku Sequence by Mark Gilbert, a member of the British Haiku Society, and has recently ...
spillwords.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This was a nice moment for me during 2025.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Congratulations to Eavonka Ettinger & Mark Gilbert @markgzero.bsky.social
Nun Profit Press, editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social
Stellar collaboration!!
#SplitSequenceHaiku
#haiku #scifi #indiepublisher
Nun Profit Press, editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social
Stellar collaboration!!
#SplitSequenceHaiku
#haiku #scifi #indiepublisher
February 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Congratulations to Eavonka Ettinger & Mark Gilbert @markgzero.bsky.social
Nun Profit Press, editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social
Stellar collaboration!!
#SplitSequenceHaiku
#haiku #scifi #indiepublisher
Nun Profit Press, editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social
Stellar collaboration!!
#SplitSequenceHaiku
#haiku #scifi #indiepublisher