Prune Juice Journal

Founded in 2009, Prune Juice Journal is proudly known as the longest-running international literary journal dedicated solely to English senryu and related forms

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

April Fool's!

Our newest issue is live: https://t.co/yVIvsrKnml

#senryu #TheWritingCommunity #poetry

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

Prune Juice is offering a series of themed #poetryprompts to help submitters brainstorm. Our first: "bismuth," a metal known for its geometric structure and color-- and it's a key ingredient in pepto bismol! Note: you don't need to use the word!

#writingprompts #WritingCommunity

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

Our inbox is officially open! Give us your best shot and send us you #senryu, #kyoka, #haibun, #haiga! We're looking for work that pushes boundaries and buttons! #WritingCommunity

[Ben Gaa @gobengaa]

Thrilled to have this #senryu in Issue 48 of Prune Juice. ~ @PJSenryu

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

Prune Juice Journal of senryu is looking for your best senryu and related forms starting June 1st!

We're also looking for submissions to our Complete the Haiga and Maekuzuke prompts, which you can find in issue 48 of the journal here: https://t.co/yVIvsrKnml

#writingcommunity

[Asura's Haiku @AsurasHaiku]

a room for the painfully sincere artificial flowers to sleep

--Tsumiki Sorano

生真面目な造花が眠るための部屋　空野つみき

From The Lonely Night #Haiku Gathering Newsletter No. 266

#senryu #translation

[Asura's Haiku @AsurasHaiku]

applying glitter
to the underside of every
olive leaf

--Kuiske

オリーブの葉裏全てにラメ仕込む　クイスケ

From The Lonely Night #Haiku Gathering Newsletter No. 264

#senryu #LonelyNightHaiku #translation

[Tracy Davidson @tracydavidson27]

@PJSenryu #PJHaiga @PJSenryu

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

Congratulations to Tim Chamberlain @shinobazupond the winner of Prune Juice's second Complete the Haiga! Many thanks to @lessethereal for his prompt. Check out the prompt for next month at https://t.co/fum0xAhMPU
#senryu #poetry #WritingCommunity #SenryuSunday #haiga

[NeverEnding Story Editor and Poet, Chen-ou Liu @ericcoliu]

roadside puddle
a street dog
licks the winter moon

https://t.co/RDUlhfD76F #dog #puddle #winter #moon #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem

[NeverEnding Story Editor and Poet, Chen-ou Liu @ericcoliu]

pulling light
from the other world ...
Milky Way

Yatsuka Ishihara https://t.co/Rt1Dba5YQj #stars #riverofstars #milkyway #haiku #poetry #poem

Milky Way ...
bit by bit I put myself
out of my mind

Chen-ou Liu https://t.co/9NPcUaKe5Y #haiku #poem #enlightenment #self

[NeverEnding Story Editor and Poet, Chen-ou Liu @ericcoliu]

winter fog
heavier than expected
father's ashes

https://t.co/76I2B7Q4pX #father #death #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

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: https://t.co/fum0xAhMPU

#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #haiga #micropoetry

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

BHS Awards 2025
Judge 1: Alan Peat

Runner-up

distant slopes
turning blue at twilight
the soft folds
of this tweed blanket draped
around father’s shoulders

Debbie Strange
(Canada)

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

BHS Awards 2025
Judge 1: Alan Peat

Honourable Mention

soft ground
his snout pressing
deeper into dusk
I hold my breath, unsure
whose sorrow stirs below

C.X. Turner
(UK)

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

BHS Awards 2025
Judge 1: Alan Peat

Honourable Mention

the wren
that sang
its heart out…
there’s nothing else
I could have done

Susan Burch
(USA)

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

[Prune Juice Journal @PJSenryu]

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:
https://t.co/fum0xAhMPU

#haiku #WritingCommunity #micropoetry #poetry

[Jahnavi Gogoi. @JahnaviGogoi2]

Thank you editors : Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips for selecting my little senryu in @PJSenryu Issue #48. I explore the perils of dating and finding companionship in this era of fickle romance.Sharing the link below to access the fantastic work of talented poets from across the world. May I add, what a stunning cover!The theme was sex, drugs and rock and roll.#senryu #sexdrugsrocknroll #contemporaryromance #lovesex

https://t.co/GttI6BHTUd

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

BHS Awards 2025
Judge 1: Alan Peat

Winner

wild honeysuckle
your shoulder still resting
in my mind
the gulls have scattered
and the wind turns again

C.X. Turner
(UK)

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

[Asura's Haiku @AsurasHaiku]

I have an article in the latest issue of Prune Juice about Japanese #senryu that don't conform to the 5-7-5 tradition. Thank you to the editorial team @PJSenryu. Feel free to check out the issue here:

https://t.co/F4byDpbrA7

[Emil Karla @emil__karla]

I'm thrilled to make my debut in Prune Juice Journal! Especially with this senryū, that I've never thought I would submit, let alone publish, but the theme seemed appropriate. Warm thanks to Editors Orrin Préjean and @pippaesque !

#poetry #senryu