I loved putting this issue together, and I’m so glad to showcase these wonderful poems. I hope you enjoy them 💕

Dear Humans, Our first issue is live! We are so grateful to all of our wonderful contributors, and we cannot wait for the world to meet these poems inside this issue. You can read it on our website:

Spending the weekend getting the first issue together, and we cannot wait to share these wonderful poems with you all.

Submissions are OPEN for the first issue of Only Human! Send us your English language senryu, kyoka, senbun, and haibun during the month of February. Guidelines are available on our website. We can’t wait to read your poetry!

Only seventeen days until Only Human opens for submissions! In the meantime, check out our guidelines and select what poems to send us:

New publisher listing for: Only Human: A Senryu Journal @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social (Poetry Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity

Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human. Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.