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Thrilled to have this #senryu in Issue 48 of Prune Juice. ~ @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: prunejuicesenryu.com #writingcommunity

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

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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 prunejuicesenryu.com #senryu #poetry #WritingCommunity #SenryuSunday #haiga

roadside puddle a street dog licks the winter moon tinyurl.com/35hr3bmt #dog #puddle #winter #moon #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem

pulling light from the other world ... Milky Way Yatsuka Ishihara tinyurl.com/yvk6uu8s #stars #riverofstars #milkyway #haiku #poetry #poem Milky Way ... bit by bit I put myself out of my mind Chen-ou Liu tinyurl.com/3z7b48j8 #haiku #poem #enlightenment #self

winter fog heavier than expected father's ashes tinyurl.com/43aacc2x #father #death #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem

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: prunejuicesenryu.com #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #haiga #micropoetry

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: prunejuicesenryu.com #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 prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/upl…

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: prunejuicesenryu.com/2026/04/01/iss…

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

My thanks to editors Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips for publishing my senryu in the "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" themed Prune Juice 48: blackout drunk the voicemail filling in the blanks #senryu

Happy to have a senryu in Prune Juice journal, issue 48 morning haze the other dimension I spiral into Congratulations to all the poets 🍃 Thanks to the Editors: Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips ✨️ @PJSenryu @pippaesque #senryu #haiku share.google/Qgp4uUBvbyfhLu…