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Herb Tate

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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 · 9h

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 · 22h

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

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (ghost)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 1d

snog marry avoid
I win again
at solitaire

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 2d

night chill
the thought of tomorrow’s
yesterday

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 3d

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

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 3d

without prompting
shivers before
the winter tree

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (no prompt)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 4d

starting to collect
birds in autumn
like a magpie

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 4d

yellow leaves
learning to love
there’s no going back

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaves)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 5d

the feeling of frost
on the promise
of snow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 6d

arrow smith
carving a life
out of nothing

#senryu #PJJournal

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 6d

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

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (grain)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 7d

hunter’s moon
every so often
my shadow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 8d

high tide beach
caught on the spit
in the spray

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 9d

just for the joy of it…
laughter between
the tulips

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 10d

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

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 10d

dotted
along the eaves
the leaves morse coding
winter

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (eaves)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 11d

seeking space
to lie and ponder
heavens opening

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 11d

sea bass…
whale song sinking
deeper and deeper

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (sea bass)

Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 12d

missing piece
the picture is all
about the hole

#senryu
#PJJournal
#prompt 02 #Nation

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Prune Juice Journal @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 13d

Welcome back to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning:
#Nation
(with or without the word in your senryu)

What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on the human Find more here: www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...

Tag: #PJJournal #prompt 02
#WritingCommunity

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 12d

harvest of apples
dappled under
shade of the late
sunned tree

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (dapple)

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 13d

in my hand
grandfather’s
cup of walnuts

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (walnuts)

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