Pippa

a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot into a saucer ALT: a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot into a saucer

waking
to a setting sun
a dream I’ve dreamed before
how slow unstirred sugar dissolves
in tea

(previously published in Cold Moon journal)
#tanka #micropoetry #poetry

kid's shoes
launch a genocide against
an ant hill

#senryu

#PJJournal
#prompt 05
#genocidee
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a person wearing a black leather glove on their wrist . ALT: a person wearing a black leather glove on their wrist .

Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning: #leather (with or without the word in your senryu)

What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
More here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...

Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 07
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#poetrycommunity

empty teacup
what mornings
used to taste like

(previously published in Haiku Dialogue)

#haiku #poetry #WritingCommunity

a shadow of a person holding a skateboard on the ground Alt: a shadow of a person holding hands with someone as they cross the street

street crossing
the intersection
of our shadows

(previously published in Haiku Dialogue)

#haiku #poetry #WritingCommunity

I agree with you theologically. I do think Israeli politicians use this particular theology to promote their interests, despite the anti-semitism rife among Evangelicals.

See it's how the Evangelicals are interacting with Israel that prompted this observation that civilization is capable of self-fullfilling prophecies, just as people are.

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Armageddon is just Judeo-Christian Roko's basilisk.

a large bell is hanging from a tower with pillars ALT: a large bell is hanging from a tower with pillars

when I strike my chest
the old temple rings
it’s as the children said
in just the right place
you turn to a bell

previously published in failed haiku

#tanka #micropoetry #WritingCommunity

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the saint
in the shadows
on the wall
he was leaving his body
as you were entering mine

(previously published in Failed Haiku)

#TANKA #micropoetry #poetry

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Each page is more beautiful than the next . . .
Follower the link to order
#rose #photography #naturephotography #author #photographer #flowerphotography
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Yayyyyyy i'm so happy!!!

Thank you for the mailed sunshine and completing the rainbow @pippaesque.bsky.social Keep doing your thing 🌈

Check out Pippa’s first issue as editor of Prune Juice (literary magazine) prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u...

Why does Marty Supreme look like an SNL parody of an Oscar movie?

dust mote
the tilting orbit
of an undiscovered planet

(previously published in the now sadly defunct Failed Haiku)

#scifaiku #micropoetry #poetry

My senryu's in Prune Juice Issue 47! Such a dream come true!!! Thank you to the respected editors of @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social for this honour 🌌🌺

#prunejuice #senryu #senryū #teenagerpost #hyped #grateful #yayy #poetsofinsta #writersofinsta #published

A #haiga from the latest @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social edited by @pippaesque.bsky.social and Orrin Prejean:

more than Ωhms the strength of resistance

#haiku #senryu #resist

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I’m deeply honored to have this Senryu included in Issue 47 of Prune Juice - Journal of English Senryu & Related Forms, edited by Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips.

Click on the link to read the complete issue, which is packed with excellent poems and features.
prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u...

Many thanks to the new editors of @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social, @pippaesque.bsky.social, and @orrinonline.bsky.social, for selecting my verse. I love what they've done with the latest issue, and there is so much stellar work within! Check it out!

prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/11/30/i...

What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka? What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka?   To help you get started, here is a short introduction to Japanese poetry styles.   What are Haiku?   Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 morae…

Hello Blue Sky writers, you're invited to join me every Sunday for #SenryuSunday. There are no prompt words, just post your original Senryu poem to the hashtag, & visit the hashtag to enjoy everyone else's work. Here's a link with more information on the Senryu form
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Prune Juice Journal of Senryu & Related Forms Visit the post for more.

With great excitement we welcome Issue no. 47 with Pippa Phillips @Pippaesque as Editor and Orrin Prejean as Co-Editor, featuring stunning cover art by Winnie @winnieartist.bsky.social

Read the newest issue at prunejuicesenryu.com

Prune Juice Journal of Senryu & Related Forms Visit the post for more.

The December issue of Prune Juice is out, and I have a brief article about some recent #senryu from The #LonelyNightHaiku Gathering in it. Feel free to check it out. Thank you to the poets and to the editors @pippaesque.bsky.social and @orrinonline.bsky.social!

prunejuicesenryu.com

Religion is a fursona.

Nice! I'm sending off all my mail tomorrow so you'll have some nice surprises!

Why do the Germans at least get Hugo Boss out of their fascism times and we get these clown-faced, coke-eyed, ill-fitting-clothes-wearing baseball-cap ruiners?

A rain should be dark

So should a freshly cut rose in a old vase
A grey incense
A tanka
#Nihon

I am but
the thorned bush

You are but
the blooming
Rose

#iambut #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #poem

So i'm reading the Pillow Book and you guys, Sei Shonagon is OBSESSED with exorcists.

Go here:

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smelling of rosewater and pretension—
my Cashapp balance is 0

#senryu