It won't be long before we're open again for submissions. We hope you'll join us in celebrating our 4th anniversary issue by submitting. To celebrate, we'll have an optional theme of anything related to four. See the image for examples. whiptailjournal.com/submissions #haiku #mcp #haibun #haiga

childhood prayers a rocking horse my trusty steed Thanks to guest editor Lafcadio for sharing my poem on Haiku Dialogue at the Haiku Foundation. HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Self-Portrait” (Inn of the Dawn Horse) – long list - The Haiku Foundation

WE ARE OPEN until May 7, 2025 for multiple genres of works that include a single-line poem of any shape. Send us the poem that only you can write! Guidelines and submission link: www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions

Whiptail will be open May 1-7 for a gardenful of works that include a single-line poem (of any shape). Guidelines: www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions Helpful hint: we prefer poems that are grounded in nature over purely topical poems. Send your best!

The daffodils are beginning to pop up everywhere.

In honor of the first snow in my city, here is the first haiku I ever wrote at the age of 6, with many thanks to my first grade teacher for introducing me to haiku and for her help with the last line: A pine tree forest Snow softly swirling downward The animals sleep. #haiku

Tonight is a second new moon in the same month. It is called a black moon. Write or share a oneline poem using it as a prompt. www.space.com/stargazing/t...

“Making haiga seems to soothe my body into becoming less a vessel for pain & more a receptacle for imagination, hope, and joy! At the end of a haiga-making day, I am exhausted but also exhilarated.” #quote by Debbie Strange — See link for her shared story thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-for-pa...

who am i to move this mountain all by myself #dailyhaikuprompt #mountain

My interview with Frogpond editor Jacob Salzer (originally published there) has been republished on his interview blog. So nice for him to ask for photos of my forest friend to include! haikupoetinterviews.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/k...