Graham Bates

@Graham_Bates
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Editor-in-chief, webmaster and graphic designer at Kokako haiku journal.

Chronically ill #poet, #haijin, #chigonger and #artist with #epilepsy #Sjogrens syndrome #fibromyalgia

from Aotearoa New Zealand

Interested in poetry, #haiku, #tanka, #haiga, #haibun, art history/theory, history, philosophy, #mysticism, music (folk, soul, indie, rock, etc),
#outsiderart #artbrut

Graham BatesAug 4

Many thanks to CHO's haiga editor Ron C. Moss for selecting this haiga for their current issue (#21.2).

Thanks also to Debbie Strange for suggesting I turn this image into a haiga.

You can probably tell it hadn't been long since I had seen The Brutalist!
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#haiku #haiga #contemporaryhaibunonline
#cho #poetry #nzart #photographyart #typography #graphicdesign #coffeestain #pavement #abstractart #foundart #graphicart #monoku #song #senryu #spiltcoffeeart #snapseedapp #addtextapp #brutalism

Graham BatesJun 14

Thanks to editor Jodie Hawthorne for selecting these haiku for issue 5 of folk ku, and for her ongoing dedication to this great journal and to haikai generally!

A free pdf of issue 5 can be downloaded here:
https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/
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#haikupoetry #haiku #englishhaiku #nzhaiku #nzpoetry #folkkujournal #Buddha #bashō #masaokashiki #kingriverpress #water #oldpond #ducks #birdbath #beggingbowl #zen #autumn #kigo #compassion #agape #charity #wabisabi
#verse

Graham BatesJun 13
King River PressJun 13

Issue 5: water is now live on our website. 300+ ku!!

Thanks to all contributors and fans for the support and your patience.

Enjoy xo

https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/

Graham BatesApr 24
It's an honour to have this haiku featured today. Thanks to Sue Courtney for running the food-inspired haiku workshop where I wrote this, and also for selecting it as haiku of the day.
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#haiku #thehaikufoundation #haikuoftheday #senryu #nz #poetry #poem #senseswitching #synaesthesia #barbeque
Graham BatesApr 21
This tanka was published in Kokako 42, and is in memory of an old friend.
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#tanka #poetry #poem #nzpoetry #nztanka #lyrical #symbolism #wabisabi #mononoaware #cherryblossoms #impermanence
Graham BatesApr 21

This kyoka (humorous tanka) was published in Kokako 42.

#tanka #kyoka #poetry #poem #lyricalverse #creativewriting #nztanka #nzpoetry

Graham BatesApr 21

This haiga was published in Kokako 42. It was based on a moment I shared with this wax-eye, where we were the only two, and my presence didn't bother him at all. I realised he wasn't chirping, wasn't letting on about the bounty he had discovered (there was a row of cherry trees with no other bird that I could see). I stood still, just 'listening' with my eyes and heart (shen), absorbing the beauty. Then I saw that he was listening to a different voice, but that the tree had its voice too

#haiga

Graham BatesApr 5
Big thanks to editor Kelly Moyer for publishing these two senryu in the March issue (#108) of Failed Haiku.
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#senryu #haiku #poetry #creativewriting #shortformpoetry #dementia #barista #recession #sumieinkpainting #void #cypresses
Graham BatesFeb 5
I was delighted to find this in my mailbox today!
Exquisite haiku by Debbie Strange rendered by the expert calligraphy of JS Graustein.
Debbie's new book, a full-length volume of haiku, called 'Random Blue Sparks', is out now, and once I have it my 'Strange' collection will be complete!
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#haiku #poetry #chapbook #debbiestrange #calligraphy #jeromeberglund #an'ya #mikerehling #jsgraustein #ayearunfolding
Graham BatesJan 31

It was an honour to be included in the Haiku Poet Wordsearch project.
Thank you to Kelly Moyer for inviting me!

Here is the puzzle:
https://haikupoetwordsearch.com/2025/01/31/graham-bates/

#haiku #wordsearch #puzzle

Graham Bates

Graham Bates is a chronically ill multidisciplinary artist and poet from Timaru, New Zealand, who is currently editor-in-chief, webmaster and designer at Kokako. He enjoys reading and writing poetr…

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