Herb Tate
@herbtate5.bsky.social
Writer of #haiku, #senryu, and #haibun.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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
grimalkin
threatening the sky
with a broom
#haiku #asahihaikuistnetwork
#halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
grimalkin
threatening the sky
with a broom
#haiku #asahihaikuistnetwork
#halloween
In homage to the last ever issue of failed haiku here’s a senryu of mine I was lucky enough for the peerless and inspiring Mike Rehling to select a few years ago. Thanks to him and everyone else involved down the years.
#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
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#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
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October 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In homage to the last ever issue of failed haiku here’s a senryu of mine I was lucky enough for the peerless and inspiring Mike Rehling to select a few years ago. Thanks to him and everyone else involved down the years.
#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
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#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday
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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 fivefleasitchypoetry@gmail.com with smols as your subject.
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#haiku #smols
smols is an eclectic poetry journal featuring ultra-shorts, five words max. No themes. Submit up to five untitled pieces. Email to fivefleasitchypoetry@gmail.com with smols as your subject.
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#haiku #smols
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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 fivefleasitchypoetry@gmail.com with smols as your subject.
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#haiku #smols
smols is an eclectic poetry journal featuring ultra-shorts, five words max. No themes. Submit up to five untitled pieces. Email to fivefleasitchypoetry@gmail.com with smols as your subject.
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#haiku #smols
September 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Delighted to appear in the latest edition of Frogpond. Many thanks to editor Allyson Whipple, and everyone else involved.
#haiku www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/
#haiku www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Delighted to appear in the latest edition of Frogpond. Many thanks to editor Allyson Whipple, and everyone else involved.
#haiku www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/
#haiku www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/
Delighted to appear in Haikuniverse today - where my first haiku appeared back in 2022: a big thank you to Rick Lupert, the editor.
death duty
figuring out her password
was my birthday
#haiku #Haikuniverse
death duty
figuring out her password
was my birthday
#haiku #Haikuniverse
July 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Delighted to appear in Haikuniverse today - where my first haiku appeared back in 2022: a big thank you to Rick Lupert, the editor.
death duty
figuring out her password
was my birthday
#haiku #Haikuniverse
death duty
figuring out her password
was my birthday
#haiku #Haikuniverse
June 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thanks to Iliyana Stoyanova for including me in the latest edition of Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society.
at low tide
pools of moonlight
stepping stones
#haiku
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at low tide
pools of moonlight
stepping stones
#haiku
britishhaikusociety.org.uk/journal/
June 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thanks to Iliyana Stoyanova for including me in the latest edition of Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society.
at low tide
pools of moonlight
stepping stones
#haiku
britishhaikusociety.org.uk/journal/
at low tide
pools of moonlight
stepping stones
#haiku
britishhaikusociety.org.uk/journal/
hall of bright carvings
the everywhere of somewhere
collecting dust
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bright)
#MervyPeake
the everywhere of somewhere
collecting dust
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bright)
#MervyPeake
May 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
hall of bright carvings
the everywhere of somewhere
collecting dust
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bright)
#MervyPeake
the everywhere of somewhere
collecting dust
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bright)
#MervyPeake
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello for including me in the May/June edition of tsuridoro.
#haiku
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#haiku
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May 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Many thanks to editor Tony Pupello for including me in the May/June edition of tsuridoro.
#haiku
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#haiku
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Haiku Dialogue on ‘Communing with the Contemporary’ out today - here’s mine inspired by M.R. Defibough’s ‘she can’t wait’: many thanks to Allyson Whipple for including it.
#haiku
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#haiku
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May 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Haiku Dialogue on ‘Communing with the Contemporary’ out today - here’s mine inspired by M.R. Defibough’s ‘she can’t wait’: many thanks to Allyson Whipple for including it.
#haiku
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#haiku
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My thanks to Beate Conrad for choosing this one to be in the most recent edition of Chrysanthemum:
white chrysanthemums
why can I only look
for so long
#haiku
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white chrysanthemums
why can I only look
for so long
#haiku
www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysa...
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My thanks to Beate Conrad for choosing this one to be in the most recent edition of Chrysanthemum:
white chrysanthemums
why can I only look
for so long
#haiku
www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysa...
white chrysanthemums
why can I only look
for so long
#haiku
www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysa...
April 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Delighted to be part of Haiku Dialogue this week - thanks to Guest Editor Allyson Whipple.
#haiku
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#haiku
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April 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Delighted to be part of Haiku Dialogue this week - thanks to Guest Editor Allyson Whipple.
#haiku
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#haiku
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
Kindle edition of my book, No Longer, free on Amazon for the next few days.
#haiku #senryu #haibun
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#haiku #senryu #haibun
www.amazon.co.uk/No-Longer-He...
April 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Kindle edition of my book, No Longer, free on Amazon for the next few days.
#haiku #senryu #haibun
www.amazon.co.uk/No-Longer-He...
#haiku #senryu #haibun
www.amazon.co.uk/No-Longer-He...
Very grateful to David McMurray for including me in the marvellous Asahi Haikuist Network this week.
#haiku
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#haiku
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April 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Very grateful to David McMurray for including me in the marvellous Asahi Haikuist Network this week.
#haiku
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
#haiku
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
A big thank you to Robin for including me in the latest issue of Akitsu Quarterly (only in print, available via the website).
#haiku
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#haiku
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March 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A big thank you to Robin for including me in the latest issue of Akitsu Quarterly (only in print, available via the website).
#haiku
www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quart...
#haiku
www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quart...
March 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
So grateful to Shloka Shankar for including me in the latest marvellous edition of Sonic Boom @sonicboomjournal.bsky.social.
marginalia
remembered ways
of returning love
#haiku
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marginalia
remembered ways
of returning love
#haiku
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March 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So grateful to Shloka Shankar for including me in the latest marvellous edition of Sonic Boom @sonicboomjournal.bsky.social.
marginalia
remembered ways
of returning love
#haiku
89b51d07-bdbc-4f8c-8b62-740f86360cd5.filesusr.com/ugd/61020d_f...
marginalia
remembered ways
of returning love
#haiku
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Delighted to have crept into the latest edition of Poetry Pea Podcast with my scifiku - many thanks to Patricia and the team for selecting it.
#haiku
@thepoetrypea.bsky.social
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#haiku
@thepoetrypea.bsky.social
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March 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Delighted to have crept into the latest edition of Poetry Pea Podcast with my scifiku - many thanks to Patricia and the team for selecting it.
#haiku
@thepoetrypea.bsky.social
youtu.be/X0GlGi-ZSAA?...
#haiku
@thepoetrypea.bsky.social
youtu.be/X0GlGi-ZSAA?...
Thought I might just give a little airing to one from a couple of years ago:
swift flight correction swallow
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (swallow)
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swift flight correction swallow
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (swallow)
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
March 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thought I might just give a little airing to one from a couple of years ago:
swift flight correction swallow
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (swallow)
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
swift flight correction swallow
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (swallow)
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...