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@herbtate5.bsky.socialhidden by reeds
birdsong sails away
through the sky
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (reeds)
Herb Tate
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@herbtate5.bsky.social@herbtate5.bsky.socialold news
creased headlines
stream down his face
@herbtate5.bsky.socialhunterâs moon
another thing preys
on my mind
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunterâs moon)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialThank you
@herbtate5.bsky.socialtide of leaves
by the road side
ready for rain
@herbtate5.bsky.socialbleed under plaster
smile thatâs not
a smile
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bleed)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialstems from me
misunderstanding
flowers
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (stems)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialcozy future
in the grate the fire
already set
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cozy)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialsome comfort
sunlight through a crack
in the curtains
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (comfort)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialwalking home
from the orchard
groaning with apples
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (groan)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialvivid still
silver shadow under
surface calm
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (vivid)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialThanks v. much.
@herbtate5.bsky.socialnight chill
now found wanting
october sun
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialnote to self
days in the diary
best left closed
@herbtate5.bsky.socialnew headspace a white haired poet floats down stairs
@herbtate5.bsky.socialbetween flowers
and first frost
lengthy pause
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialfallen leaves
sweeping through the graveyard
autumn breeze
@herbtate5.bsky.socialfield of haystacksâŠ
change the thing
that doesnât change
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (haystack)
@herbtate5.bsky.socialwoodland mushrooms
I find what I came forâŠ
and leave
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (mushrooms)
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