to bed for a nap, somewhere a man stares at the sea #senryu

upscale pub nobody sings with the jukebox #vss365

America where dreams come to die

lobster pot at the end of the rainbow

#completethehaiga 145 #haiku art by Josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

She lived in a minor key #7syllablesentence #key

sun dog . . . each creak in the ice a different voice published in O2 Haiku Literary Magazine, April 1, 2026 #haiku #poetry #poem

lying on the grass the freshly fallen apple Newton left behind #DailyHaikuPrompt (Grass, Apple) #haiku #senryu

fishing boat— the trolling of bait down the river I realize again I can never trust you #tanka #TankaThursday

a world incapable of blinking snow blindness #vss365 #senryu

asking not asking my first time sipping the taste of scalded green tea #tanka

hump day how many more straws will the camel hold #senryu

fireflies maybe this will be the year #NaHaiWriMo

sudden detour along for the ride rubberneckers

flat tire on a winding road without guardrails

purple hyacinth her false bravado crumbles #senryu

Deep bow of gratitude 🙏 @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social wrote a review of CRAZY BITCHES #haibun

currently open #haiku, #haibun, #rengay, & #tanka contests (it's a lot): - 4/10: "Whispers of Nature" International Haiku Contest - 4/30: DC Public Library Haiku Contest - 4/30: Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest - 4/30: Kyoto Writing Competition (theme: "Kyoto") (1/x)

Cover reveal for Issue VII of Shadow Pond Journal full details over on my substack katherineewinnick.substack.com #coverreveal #shadowpondjournal #submissions

How can the body politic operate in such a state? No brains, no heart, no backbone, no guts. Just mouths and assholes. At least we know where the BS gets in and how it gets out. Cold comfort for change, innit? How did America get to be so (how do I say it in a PC way) ethically challenged? #Resist

Yesterday I posted a link that didn't work so I'm posting a screenshot. Book review: Crazy Bitches by Roberta Beary @shortpoemz.bsky.social

singing in a sincere falsetto wedding vows — published in Asahi Haikuist Network, April 3, 2026 #haiku #poetry #poem

(open) (your eyes) (and the world is) probably (beautiful) --Daisuke Kawai (目を)(ひらけ)(世界は)たぶん(うつくしい)　川合大祐 #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation

Today, we are featuring a haiga from one of our favorite contributors, Debbie Strange, for Issue 48. Read more haiga and the rest of the issue here: www.prunejuicesenryu.com #WritingCommunity #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetry #haiga

a faded map... the sound of a flute in the distance a robin's egg blue sky it's later than you think #tanka #TankaThursday

orange sunset I remember Vietnam

Live your life in such a way that after your departure your official portrait doesn’t end up upside down in a waste bin.

PJ is happy to announce the winner of Best in Issue for Issue 48. Congratulations Marianne! Marianne can be found on IG as @ms.haiku Read more of Issue 48 here: prunejuicesenryu.com #haiku #WritingCommunity #micropoetry #poetry

all the hints I sent sea glass

We are so glad you are a part of it! Read the issue here: prunejuicesenryu.com

This issue is 🎇🔥 Thanks to editors Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips @pippaesque.bsky.social for including my poem in Prune Juice Issue 48. I see quite a few familiar names. Congratulations to all! #senryu #hailku #Oulens

deepening mist the silence of herring gulls

Two tanka proses have also been included in issue 48 by @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social :) Read them also here prunejuicesenryu.com/2026/04/01/i... or here pi-and-anne.com/2026/04/02/w.... (5/5)

Bon(di) voyage!

Issue 48 of PruneJuice journal is out and it is truly sizzling! I am extremely pleased to have a senryu included. Huge thanks to Prune Juice Editors Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips, and congratulations to all featured poets. prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u...

April Fool's! Our latest issue is live! Check it out at prunejuicesenryu.com #senryu #poetry #TheWritingCommunity

these #haiku & #haibun journals reopened to submissions yesterday: - bottle rockets - Drifting Sands - Echidna Tracks - Post-ku - Tendrils (Poetry Pea) - Trash Panda - tsuri-dōrō

poem payment think i’ll keep my day job #haiku #micropoetry #haiga

Unfortunately, Prune Juice is experiencing technical difficulties. Our latest issue will be premiering tomorrow, on April 2nd.

shooting star how insignificant I am

Jane's books! I'm not able to talk, the tiny details we feel instead. #tanka

#art Kenji #haiku #micropoem wisteria moon #resist

They thought she was illusive but after some time, when they got to know her, their impression shifted. Then they understood. She was shy. #vss365 #illusive

Things I’ve discovered recently: laughing is almost as good as sex, but in a different way.

alone the scent of bread above fumes #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem stevenlstokes.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/a...

misting rain... a windmill stark white Find more haiku and haibun here: kasasagi.blog

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” — J.D. Salinger