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Herb Tate
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Writer of #haiku, #senryu, and #haibun.
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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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first snow
101 ways to learn
how to love

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (first snow)
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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mask to mask
the realities we don’t look
in the face

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (mask)
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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fading light -
a glint in the eye
reflection reflection

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (fading)
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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fireplace huddle ~
the house becomes
a home again

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (fireplace)
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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flight of fantasy
outstaring
a crow

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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turnip season ~
the journey that starts
with a single sip

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (turnips)
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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hold on moon ~
high time the tide
told its story

#haiku #HaikuSaturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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cleared the day
just to watch clouds…
beginning to end

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (clear day)
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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soughing boughs
and aging limbs, night of
north wind

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (north wind)
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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not nearly
the half of it -
new moon rise

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (moon rise)
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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pine sap balm
reincarnation
of a tree

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (pine sap)
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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finding mittens
that’ll never fit
keeping me warm all day

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (mittens)
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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not in winter sky
or sea, but bones
the cold endures

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (endure)
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Snow Patrol
On the radio
Your lips remember too

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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the substance
of no-body’s dreams…
morning sleet

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (sleet)
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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taking it in
turn of the moon
earth viewing

#haiku #HaikuSaturday
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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season’s ebb
in the corn shadows
feelings for carp

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (carp)
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Here’s a haiku for Halloween - thanks to David McMurray for including it in Asahi Haikuist Network today:

grimalkin
threatening the sky
with a broom

#haiku #asahihaikuistnetwork
#halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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a little foggy
on the details
winter morning

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (foggy)
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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maudlin cries
in light of day
owl of minerva

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (maudlin)
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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at the summits
of grass blades
desolate ants

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (desolate)
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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shared groan
in the small hours
wind breaking bough

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (groan)
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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unbroken lake
the coolness
I add

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (coolness)
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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everything
in its right place
once a life

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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halted tracks
times past turning
back today

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (halt)
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM