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 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!
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 !
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