while(the clouds turn into rain)the lily blooms - Norma Bradley, USA Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, May 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/yzkCZVZpUNho...

From Issue 4, Whiptail Journal, August 2022 winter night trying hard to form words into flowers - John Pappas, USA Don't forget to consider poems with the optional them of fours to celebrate our 4th year. Read the Archives | home share.google/2HkZFssCMkT0...

We hope you have been working on the submissions to our 4th anniversary issue. October 21st-27th submission week is approaching.

morning frost the sun paints back the grass - Birk Andersson, Sweden Whiptail Journal, Issue 6, February 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/seYe5Dy0iP0j...

if she floats, America - Dan Schwerin, USA Whiptail Journal, Issue 5, November 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/IFmdyYFnhc78...

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

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

Whiptail Journal, Issue 4, August 2022 a thread of gossamer between two reeds this bridge to the infinite - Jenny Ward Angyal, USA Read the Archives | home share.google/JlxvUsFkBLmj...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 3, May 2022 in the name of healing fireflies in the jar -Elisa Theriana, Indonesia Read the Archives | home share.google/KoWexFuFbHN6...

Share a one line poem using your favorite fall kigo. #onelinepoem #fall #kigo

Whiptail Journal, Issue 2, February 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/CluqVT5dPnuU... a lark with weights tied to my legs still I place all these stones in my pockets -Künney, USA

Whiptail Journal, Issue 1, September 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/ijV779CuYL7F...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 by Cynthia Hendel Read the Current Issues | home share.google/NJzvXxyj3WGG...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 12, February 2025 by Hifsa Ashraf Read the Current Issues | home share.google/FSXOm11DsdaR...

too much a sunflower to turn too by Chuck Brickley Whiptail Journal, Issue 11, November 2024 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/EC90OMipYlud...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 10, June 2024 by Engin Gülez Read the Current Issues | home share.google/rAEP8pCVqbMb...

six spruces where astral rhymes are scent by Jonathan Humphrey The Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/PCup8JdNx5F9...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, September 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/VQSbBEHUvCrz...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 6, February 2023 issue_6.pdf share.google/bz2d2rFmb7FY... flying turkeys in the room she calls hers - Margaret Walker, USA

Whiptail Journal, Issue 5, November 2022 issue_5.pdf share.google/z8YGfuCrfCfg...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 4, August 2022 I sing opal glass: seed, bud, open chalice - Jo Balistreri, USA Read the Archives | home share.google/E1ZiQqofdhwu...

Whiptail Journal,Issue 3, May 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/VjGuJGvKGZQU...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 2, February 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/QeTFFQ0Xv119...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 1, November 2021 Read the Archives | home share.google/1dpgQCXp9wNo...

wildflowers climbing the first rung out of grief by Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta Whiptail Journal, Issue 12, February 2025 share.google/IbrcduYU1tyO...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2023 by Dave Bonta www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

in the ice patterns of a mountain stream the calligraphy of her name is melting snow by Jacob D. Salzer Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

before autumn unpetals the last word inoperable Rich Schilling Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur... By Jo Balistreri

any way the wind blows butterflies by Jeff Hoagland Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

one peony away from truth you pay tribute to by Adrian Bouter Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 by Cynthia Hendel www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

So happy to be a part of @whiptailjournal.bsky.social issue 13! I love how our poems are nestled btwn the artwork of Ella @suddenlyhaiku.bsky.social What a brilliant issue! Thank you @songsofkat.bsky.social & @komadorihaiku.bsky.social for supporting my work 🙏🏻 www.whiptailjournal.com/_files/ugd/6...

As we do not have a pre-determined target number, we ended up with our largest issue yet! Gratitude to all the submitters and readers! 🦎

whiptail issue 13 is here, and we are feeling like the luckiest editors! The bounty of one-line poems sent to us made our job wonderfully difficult. We hope this cornucopia of one-line haiku, tanka, haibun, haiga, and art will fill you as it did us. www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur... #poetry

one prayer rain a gospel down my window by Jennifer Sutherland Whiptail Journal, Issue 11, November 2024 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

Congratulations to our co-editor Kat!

Congratulations to our co-editor Kat!

Whiptail Journal, Issue 10, June 2024 by lolo elleri www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

alone with my soul canned tuna breath MRI bell tolling by Ron Scully Whiptail Journal, Issue 9, February 2024 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

my many little deaths in as many little words without end by a p hywel Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023 www.whiptailjournal.com

Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, May 2023 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-arc...

Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, May 2023 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-arc...

. from a wheelchair into clouds fluttering kite strings Richard L. Matta Whiptail Journal, Issue 12, February, 2025 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...

Submissions for petrichor close Thursday May 15 at 11:59 pm. After that, you'll have to catch us in the fall along with issue 28.

In art, the technique of using contrasting light and dark tones to create depth and volume is called chiaroscuro. It's an Italian term that translates to "light-dark". What technique in haiku is comparable to chiaroscuro in painting?

the twilight blue scratched by magpie-thoughts - Stefano d'Andrea, Italy Whiptail Issue 6, February 2023 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-arc...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS! Submissions are closed, and you rose to the challenge! This was our strongest submission pool yet & the issue will reflect that. We will respond as soon as we can. Thanks for helping make whiptail a success! whiptailjournal.com #haiku #senryu #haibun #art

Submissions are closed, and you rose to the challenge! This was our strongest submission pool yet, and the issue will reflect that. Thanks again to everyone who submitted! Please be patient while we finish our decisions. We will respond as soon as we can. - Kat & Robin

Don't forget. Today is the last day to submit poems for this issue! 🌻