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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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
Very pleased to be part of the latest Haiku Dialogue, theme: Music Around the World – Loving you with all of my tunes or let’s talk about feelings, thanks to editor Deborah Karl-Brandt. Congrats to all feature. A fantastic selection of musical haiku. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Very pleased to be part of the latest Haiku Dialogue, theme: Music Around the World – Loving you with all of my tunes or let’s talk about feelings, thanks to editor Deborah Karl-Brandt. Congrats to all feature. A fantastic selection of musical haiku. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
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late October...
my window runs red
with ladybirds
— Melissa Dennison
my window runs red
with ladybirds
— Melissa Dennison
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
late October...
my window runs red
with ladybirds
— Melissa Dennison
my window runs red
with ladybirds
— Melissa Dennison
Pleased to have a minimalist poem at SMOLS, thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson. Here's a graphical version. smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Pleased to have a minimalist poem at SMOLS, thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson. Here's a graphical version. smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
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drenched
wet spray from car tires
tossed coffee cup
ache of old bones
grey hair of a day
Bright Stars 1
An Organic Tanka Anthology
M. Kei, Editor
Published in 2014
#TankaPoem #Tanka
#micropoetry
wet spray from car tires
tossed coffee cup
ache of old bones
grey hair of a day
Bright Stars 1
An Organic Tanka Anthology
M. Kei, Editor
Published in 2014
#TankaPoem #Tanka
#micropoetry
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
drenched
wet spray from car tires
tossed coffee cup
ache of old bones
grey hair of a day
Bright Stars 1
An Organic Tanka Anthology
M. Kei, Editor
Published in 2014
#TankaPoem #Tanka
#micropoetry
wet spray from car tires
tossed coffee cup
ache of old bones
grey hair of a day
Bright Stars 1
An Organic Tanka Anthology
M. Kei, Editor
Published in 2014
#TankaPoem #Tanka
#micropoetry
This is hysterical. Kamala had a "concern about his [Biden's] ability, with the level of endurance, energy, that it requires". Her "concern, especially on reflection is, should I have actually raised it." "Perhaps" she should have raised it with him.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kamala Harris 'concerned' she did not ask Biden to quit race
The former vice-president tells the BBC she is not sure whether it was “grace or recklessness” that stopped her speaking up.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is hysterical. Kamala had a "concern about his [Biden's] ability, with the level of endurance, energy, that it requires". Her "concern, especially on reflection is, should I have actually raised it." "Perhaps" she should have raised it with him.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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southward flight
starlings rise in unison...
autumn echoes
Fatma Zohra Habis
#haiku #haikusaturday #haikuchallenge #haikupoetry
#senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #unison #inkMine #poetrycommunity #poetry
starlings rise in unison...
autumn echoes
Fatma Zohra Habis
#haiku #haikusaturday #haikuchallenge #haikupoetry
#senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #unison #inkMine #poetrycommunity #poetry
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
southward flight
starlings rise in unison...
autumn echoes
Fatma Zohra Habis
#haiku #haikusaturday #haikuchallenge #haikupoetry
#senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #unison #inkMine #poetrycommunity #poetry
starlings rise in unison...
autumn echoes
Fatma Zohra Habis
#haiku #haikusaturday #haikuchallenge #haikupoetry
#senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #unison #inkMine #poetrycommunity #poetry
Just in the last 20 minutes it looks like AI has reached another level. Already it is reaching out and grabbing you to get you to do what it wants. Or maybe I dreamt that part.
October 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just in the last 20 minutes it looks like AI has reached another level. Already it is reaching out and grabbing you to get you to do what it wants. Or maybe I dreamt that part.
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holiday friend
the child swims
with the invisible dolphin
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#senryusunday #blueskyrelay
#inkmine #swim #style
#vssmagic no #fish #dolphin
#dailyhaikuprompt #water
#haikuchallenge #ocean
#holiday #vssdaily #child
#2wordprompt #invisible #friend
the child swims
with the invisible dolphin
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#senryusunday #blueskyrelay
#inkmine #swim #style
#vssmagic no #fish #dolphin
#dailyhaikuprompt #water
#haikuchallenge #ocean
#holiday #vssdaily #child
#2wordprompt #invisible #friend
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
holiday friend
the child swims
with the invisible dolphin
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#senryusunday #blueskyrelay
#inkmine #swim #style
#vssmagic no #fish #dolphin
#dailyhaikuprompt #water
#haikuchallenge #ocean
#holiday #vssdaily #child
#2wordprompt #invisible #friend
the child swims
with the invisible dolphin
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#senryusunday #blueskyrelay
#inkmine #swim #style
#vssmagic no #fish #dolphin
#dailyhaikuprompt #water
#haikuchallenge #ocean
#holiday #vssdaily #child
#2wordprompt #invisible #friend
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October 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Another sample from the latest Fireflies' Light, this time a #kyoka. Many thanks to editors John J. Han & Mason Arledge. #chess #tanka #TankaThursday Check the issue out here www.mobap.edu/about.../pub...
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Another sample from the latest Fireflies' Light, this time a #kyoka. Many thanks to editors John J. Han & Mason Arledge. #chess #tanka #TankaThursday Check the issue out here www.mobap.edu/about.../pub...