drunk in December ・ pen ・ ink ・ checkbook --Hanmonsen Kimura 師走の酔ッ払ひ・ペン・インク・小切手帳　/ 木村半文銭 #senryu #translation

To all poets who submitted to the April Issue of Prune Juice— We will be sending out the first round of acceptances and rejections by the end of the day. PJ #submissions #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry

a female nude after a bath ɹoɹɹᴉɯ mirror ɥʇɐq ɐ ɹəʇɟɐ əpnu əꞁɐɯ ɐ --Hanmonsen Kimura #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation

FROSTED GLASS FROSTING FROSTING, FROSTED GLASS FROSTING FROSTING FROSTED GLASS --Hanmonsen Kimura スリガラススッテスッテ、スリガラススッテスッテスリガラス　/ 　木村半文銭 An odd #senryu, written entirely in katakana, primarily interesting as a sound poem: surigurasu sutte sutte, surigarasu sutte sutte surigarasu #translation

red butterflies dance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, —— (Caesarian section) --Hanmonsen Kimura 紅い蝶々舞踏1.2.3.4.5.6.7. ―― (帝王切開)　　　/　木村半文銭 #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation

the night is clear from chili sauce from redundancy --Yukie Noma 夜は晴チリソースから蛇足から　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the wings on mochi soaking in water, a model of the rain --Yukie Noma 水餅の羽なり雨の模型なり　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

leaping even farther than Yoshitsune, the plum blossoms --Yukie Noma 跳躍は義経よりも梅である　野間幸恵 Note: At the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, Commander Yoshitsune is said to have jumped over eight consecutive boats to escape Noritsune. #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the arms and legs in the forest painting seem to be awake --Yukie Noma 森の絵の手足が醒めて在るらしい　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

a fragrant mathematical formula one pear --Yukie Noma かぐわしい数式だろう梨ひとつ　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Today's the day! The deadline is 11:59 PM to submit your senryu and related forms of #poetry including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.  The theme is The Senses: Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll.  Guidelines: prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions #submissions  #WritingCommunity

✨Surprise✨ We are now accepting cover art for the April edition of Prune Juice Journal. This is a paid opportunity! Send a PDF to [email protected] Subject line: 'Cover Submission' Align your design with The Senses: Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll. #submissions #art #illustration #poetry

February 27th: 1 day left to get your submissions in to Prune Juice!  We’re looking for your best senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences. For guidelines: prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions #submissions #writingcommunity #poetry

inside my body the moon makes a sound Gin & tonic --Yukie Noma 体内に月の音するJINトニック　　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

ecstatically embracing Lake Biwa an hourglass --Yukie Noma うっとりと琵琶湖を抱いて砂時計　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Cezanne seems to be sitting in the autumn rain --Yukie Noma セザンヌは時雨に座っているようだ　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Last three days! Now it's time to submit your work to Prune Juice. We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry. prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/ We are especially interested in works that widely explore the theme of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll #submissions #writingcommunity

reminding me of the perfect nasal bridge the Nile River --Yukie Noma 完全な鼻梁とおもうナイル川　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

we see preparing for takeoff as poetic diction --Yukie Noma 我々は離陸をはかる詩語である　野間幸恵 (lit. "as for us, attempting takeoff is poetic language") #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning #beer (with or without the prompt word) Find out more about senryu here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti... Tag: #PJJournal #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #senryu #poetry #haiku

the stairs leaving Hiroshima never end --Yukie Noma 広島を去る階段が終わらない　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

thinking about absence in the music of giraffes --Yukie Noma キリンの音楽で不在を考える　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

One week left! Submit your work to Prune Juice!  We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences. This month we are especially interested in work exploring sex, drugs and rock and roll. #submissions #WritingCommunity

koto strings strip off the parts of the bird --Yukie Noma 琴線は鳥の部分を脱いでゆく　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

🎶 It's the weekend! 🎶 Time for a Prune Juice Music prompt. We invite you to write senryu inspired by this song: youtu.be/vHSh3vO2umA?... Submit your poems in the comments with the hashtag: #PJMusic #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #poetry #GirlinRed

within my ears Jamaica is wet --Yukie Noma 耳の奥でジャマイカが濡れている　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

walking on the surface tension that is the king --Yukie Noma 王という表面張力を歩く　野間幸恵 Take 2: walking on the king's surface tension #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

searching for something that isn't there the shape of an ear --Yukie Noma 無いものを探して耳のかたちかな　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

look at me the blackcurrant sky --Yukie Noma わたくしを見てくろすぐりの空のこと　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Prune Juice is debuting its first maekuzuke! This is a verse-capping game: you write a verse to “cap” (sit on top of) the verses we write. Reply or e-mail us to submit! #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #senryu 1/2

Prune Juice congratulates the winners of our very first Senryu Slam! Thanks to all poets who participated-- and yes, you CAN send any poem you wrote to us! Check out prunejuicesenryu.com for details. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #senryu

black tea is an empty garden --Yukie Noma 紅茶とは誰もいない庭である　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Welcome to the first #senryu slam! Tag your posts #senryuslam so we can find them! We will be picking winners in each category. Your 8th prompt is: DRUM (you don't have to use the word in your poem) #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #PoetrySlam

after Sunday when the rhinoceros is here I can't go out --Yukie Noma 犀がいる日曜日から出られない　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Valentine's Day helping her bury her first hamster #haiku

the insect's mechanism sounds like dawn --Yukie Noma 昆虫の仕組み夜明けの音がする　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

neither this world nor the next water in my ears --Yukie Noma この世でもあの世でもなく耳の水　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the one who died I think of as a flower blooming on the tree --Yukie Noma 逝く人を木に咲く花と思いけり　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

nightfall is the gentle dying of a bird --Yukie Noma 宵の口とはやわらかな鳥の死　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

tiramisu-- weightlifting in the heart of the setting sun --Yukie Noma ティラミスや夕日のおくの重量挙げ　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

drop of water-- a nude woman moves through the dreary landscape --Yukie Noma すいてきや殺風景を裸婦がゆく　野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

Ittan-momen swollen from the rain Jack & Betty --Yukie Noma 一反木綿雨後をふくらむジャック&ベティ　野間幸恵 Note: Ittan-momen is a yōkai in the form of a roll of cotton #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

like the camellia I can't wait around for the hands on the clock! --Yukie Noma 椿ほど時計の針を待てないわ 野間幸恵 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

wharf roaches have their heroes and commoners --Ei Motoi 船虫に英傑のあり凡夫あり　本井英 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the sailfin sandfish sliding down a mountain of sailfin sandfish --Ei Motoi (b. 1945) 鰰の山を鰰滑り落つ　本井英 #haiku #translation

start of spring: the mountains and rivers in the rice shop's rice --Katsumi Tsujita (1931-2022) 立春の米屋の米の山と川　 辻田克巳 #haiku #translation

recuperating from the bomb's radiation the willow buds --Yoshie Matsuura 養生の被爆柳の芽吹かな　松浦芳江 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the afternoon sun will carry it away thin ice --Shūji Ushida 午後の日が攫ひてゆきぬ薄氷　牛田修司 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

spring parasol if it's beautiful I won't pass you --Shūji Ushida 春日傘美しければ追ひ越さず　牛田修司 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

prepared to take off in the rain a bird leaving the nest --Shūji Ushida 雨ついて飛び立つかまへ巣立鳥　牛田修司 #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation