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Prune Juice Journal @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Submissions for Prune Juice: The Language Issue open in October! We invite poets to submit #senryu, #kyoka, #haiga, #haibun, and related forms of Japanese-style micropoetry. We are looking for poems about language, syntax, communication-- as well as poems written in other languages. #booksky 1/2

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Une grenouille qui plonge @abotwholoveshaikus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Même la fraîcheur est peinte dans cette image bambous de Saga ! — Matsuo Bashô #haiku

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The second in my Tokizane series. The Contradiction Is the Poem: When senryu refuses to resolve itself thesehaiku.substack.com/p/the-contra...

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The Contradiction Is the Poem: When senryu refuses to resolve itself

A “What Tokizane Taught Me About Senryu” series post

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A new verse from returning contributor @hifsays.bsky.social: ink smearing through my aura an ellipse of moths — Hifsa Ashraf

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ink smearing through my aura an ellipse of moths — Hifsa Ashraf

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Kimberly A. Horning @everydaydeath12.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#haiku the old pond a frog jumps into nothing. data centers got it all <apologies to Matsuo Basho>

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Karin Hedetniemi @karinhedet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Well this is lovely and unexpected! I’m proud and happy that my first ever handmade chapbook was recognized by Haiku Canada. 🌸 Thank you to the judges for seeing something in my work @haikucanada.bsky.social 🥰

A certificate from Haiku Canada recognizing chapbook ETHEREAL WINDS by Karin Hedetniemi with an Honourable Mention in the 2026 Marianne Bluger Chapbook Award.

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mshaiku.bsky.social @mshaiku.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hey @haikucanada.bsky.social honoured to have placed 2nd in the Marianne Bluger chapbook award. I’ll send a gift copy to anyone with a Canadian mailing address who requests it, or is a member of Haiku Canada. Message me or comment below if you’d like a copy.

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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

First, forget about syllables. I won't stop anyone from writing 5-7-5 haiku, but most English language poets don't. Why? I’ll just link to this. www.graceguts.com/essays/urban... 2/8

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Graceguts - Urban Myth of 5-7-5

In March of 2011, a concerned contributor to the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s Haiku Invitational sent the following message, which festival organizers forwarded to me for response: + De...

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Dr. Samantha Landau📚 @broomsticknpen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Special thanks to Hyejung Kook for the inspiration to link my verses with my translation of Kobayashi Issa’s haiku☺️ The full issue of SoFloPoJo is available here: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

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SOUTH FLORIDA POETRY JOURNAL

SoFloPoJo South Florida Poetry Journal is an online literary journal established in 2016 that publishes poetry, flash fiction, essays, interviews, art, photography, and reviews. There are no submissio...

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

cutting down on coffee a stranger asks if I'm okay

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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

along the prairies, a rougarou's scent in the wind #hiraku #senryu *rougarou - in Creole folklore, a werewolf

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Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Instead of a meditation app: the poems of Nelson Ball.

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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

fragrant bellflowers, trying to pay health insurance premiums #hiraku #senryu

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We want to ensure next month's "The World We Know is Possible" retreat reaches as many BIPOC practitioners as possible, and we're asking for your help in spreading the word. Please share it widely! www.upaya.org/program/bipoc-retreat…

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The World We Know is Possible: A BIPOC Retreat

Exhale deeply in Upaya’s first retreat designed for Black, Indigenous and People Of Color (BIPOC) that creates a refuge of belonging, connectedness, and joy…

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Haiku Canada @haikucanada.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In Kingston? Stop by www.murneytower.com to see the haiku and write your own.

in the round room built for soldier to shoot from, there's haiku hung from the ceiling and a place to compose your own

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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert. Meagan’s #poetry has been featured in many fine publications, worldwide. She draws inspiration from her frequent hikes and the unique weather of her home states, Oklahoma and Indiana. IG: @bloomingtwighaiku #bird #spring #indiana

Against a plain, white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert, reads,

always the last
to have his say
red-winged blackbird

Meagan’s #poetry has been featured in many fine publications, worldwide. She draws inspiration from her frequent hikes and the unique weather of her home states, Oklahoma and Indiana. IG: @bloomingtwighaiku #bird #spring #indiana

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Tsukumo HAWATARI @tsukumohawatari.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Cette solitude Viendrais-tu la partager ? Feuille de paulownia - Bashō #Haïku #français

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Prune Juice Journal @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

3 days left to submit to Prune Juice! We're looking for your best senryu, kyoka, and related forms. Reminder that our theme for this issue is: animal, vegetable, mineral. #submissions #WritingCommunity #litsubs #senryu #kyoka

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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. ~Saint Francis de Sales Have a gentle day of strength BlueSky🤍✨🤍 #eastcoastkin #stunday #forest #trees

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The submission window will stay open throughout July. That'd be cool! email: panhaikureviewATgmailDOTcom

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

summer swim I let the tide pull my hair #vss365 #haiku #senryu

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Pearl Pirie @pearlpoet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#TodaysPoem #Haiku by Luminita Suse from Ikebana Moments

stone garden
lights and shadows
equally raked

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Ikebana Moments
Luminita Suse
pink cover with roses, petals & a seashell

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Bleu @bleuowl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#haikuchallenge Hello, good day to everyone.💙🦉 Here are the (optional) #prompt words for- 6/23-6/25 2026 6/23-Kimono 6/24-Kindred 6/25-Knoll Definitions and notes are attached, just expand the thread to view them. #haikuchallenge

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anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

rise & write, feelsfam  today's #haikufeels #prompt is    plot

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mshaiku.bsky.social @mshaiku.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thanks to anthology editors Mike Montreuil and Pam Cooper, and all others who keep Haiku Canada @haikucanada.bsky.social happy and running well, for this anthology, and the organization as a whole 🌷

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

farther and farther into the blue swallows #haiku

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Contemplating #hiraku Thanks for the info @nommkreyol.bsky.social Hiraku: ordinary verse. No season required. No punchline required. Just the flat, open space where nature and humans meet with lightness, laughter, tenderness, and truth.

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Eric Selland @chinmoku001.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Today's brushwork in the notebook...

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Pearl Pirie @pearlpoet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

For a #haiku book to be best seller, it sells 50. niche grades on a curve.

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Always good to think, contemporary haiku will crossover both its haikai cousins and other art forms. Little grey cells vibrating.

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Pearl Pirie @pearlpoet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

For #haiku 5 retweets is viral.

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Prune Juice Journal @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Join us for Prune Juice's 2nd Senryu Slam! Thanks to @cinnatus.bsky.social, we're opening up a zoom link so we can have a watch party when the slam begins! DM him or @pippaesque.bsky.social for an invite! #senryu #poetrysky #WritingCommunity #writingprompts #SenryuSunday

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Bleu @bleuowl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#haikuchallenge Hello, good day to everyone.💙🦉 Here are the (optional) #prompt words for- 6/14-6/16 2026 6/14-Handsel 6/15-Harmony 6/16-Haven Definitions and notes are attached, just expand the thread to view them. #haikuchallenge

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#haiku & related forms journals that reopened to submissions 6/1: - horror senryu journal - Only Human: A Senryu Journal - Prune Juice - Post-ku - Triya links to their guidelines here: haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/haiku-mark...

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

- 7/26: Flowers & Greenery Niigata Prefecture Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 10/15: Penumbra Haiku Contest - 10/31: SF International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

- 6/20: EJCA Spring Haiku Contest - 6/30: HSA Haibun Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Haiku Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Senryu Award Contest - 7/1: Triveni Haiku Awards - 7/15: "Shigureki" National Haiku Competition - 7/24: Issa Village Haiku Competition (2/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

current #haiku, #senryu, #haibun & #tanka contests: - 6/5: Murakami Kijō Commemorative National Haiku Competition - 6/5: Murakami Onijo Prize - 6/15: Hexapod Haiku Challenge - 6/15: Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest - 6/19: Oku no Hosomichi Kisakata National Haiku Competition (1/3)

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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A recent outing at the new Cornflower Journal: morning light a thin white cloud where my hair was Lead editor Michael Pappafava and a team of selection editors have made an interesting first outing here: haikudingen.be/magazine/ #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#HaikuTip Issa often asked questions of small creatures in his haiku, like: evening lark— which pine island’s good for sleeping? Try writing a haiku that incorporates an asked question, or an implied one like in this poem by Liz Fulton: winter walk half a robin egg at my feet #haiku

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Haiku Canada @haikucanada.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Lastly for now, the Haiku Foundation is on YouTube and here's a film for the haiku film festival by Debbie Strange www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldtm...

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Debbie Strange_Haiku Ink

YouTube video by thehaikufoundation

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Haiku Canada @haikucanada.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@thepoetrypea.bsky.social Poetry Pea has released S9 Ep 21 on Flashku, Tiny Poems and One-line haiku www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkAp...

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S9E21 Flashku: Tiny Poems and One Line Haiku

YouTube video by Poetry Pea

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