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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Congratulations to our Award-winning poets! Peg Cherrin-Meyers & Claire Vogel Camargo Well-deserved! [haiku, haibun, touchstone, poetry award]
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thrilled to see all of our Long List folks have made the Short List as well! Help us congratulate these whiptail poets recognized on the THF Short Lists & cheer them on to the final round! [haiku, haibun, senryu, touchstone awards, long list, the haiku foundation, poetry award]
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Please join us in congratulating these whiptail poets recognized on the THF Long Lists & cheering them on to the next rounds! [haiku, haibun, senryu, touchstone awards, long list, the haiku foundation, poetry award]
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Regrettably, we need to put whiptail on hiatus as we navigate new personal challenges. We hope this will be temporary, but as of now, it is unknown. Thank you to everyone for your support over the years! Kat & Robin
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
frog inside the bamboo so tiny the moon -Hla Yin Mo Whiptail Journal, Issue One, November 2021 My favorite poem of issue one. What was your favorite poem of any issue? Read the Archives | home share.google/G3fG6TpCHUjF...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 14, November 2025 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/eURzFK8yXnTi... by Cynthia Hendel
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 14, November 2025 by Renée Owen Read the Current Issues | home share.google/e4N2nS9zrkUI...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
another mouth to feed the milky way by Rich Schilling Whiptail Journal, Issue 14, November 2025 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/MewpI63VwoAW...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
the four winds of mahjong tiles my childhood by Jackie Chou Whiptail Journal, Issue 14, November 2025 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/11jYsJeTMK8J...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
More award nominations from your favorite journal of one-line poetry! Part 2: Pushcart Prize. Good luck!
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We are thrilled to share our nominations! Part 1: The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards (Poem and Haibun)! Our sincere gratitude for the writers and readers of exceptional one-line poetry who have made it a fun and exciting year for us at whiptail! Your support means everything to us.
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
everything turned off the stars tonight by Dylan Stover Whiptail Journal, Issue 14, November 2025 Read the Current Issues | home www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-cur...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Read the beautiful poemword or one word poem in the latest Issue of Whiptail. November 2025 Issue 14 Whiptail.pdf share.google/O70bDsceWeKl... Consider writing your own poemword. Aram Saroyan and the Art of the One-Word Poem | The MIT Press Reader share.google/ZcGOhk4WteuA...
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Aram Saroyan and the Art of the One-Word Poem
“In effect the single word is a new reading process; like electricity — instant and continuous.”
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
cloudirigibles by Claire Zoghb November 2025 Issue 14 Whiptail.pdf share.google/0oEipYH2SMsz...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our 4th anniversary issue is launched featuring mark meyer’s cover art, with a potpourri of one-line poems and works that contain them, including hybrids, sequences, haiga, and concretes! Thanks to everyone who submitted. We hope you enjoy the issue! PDF: www.whiptailjournal.com/_files/ugd/6...
whiptail journal's 4th anniversary issue is launched featuring mark meyer’s cover art, with a potpourri of one-line poems and works that contain them, including hybrids, sequences, haiga, and concretes! Thanks to everyone who submitted. We hope you enjoy the issue!
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 12, February 2025 by Kati Mohr Read the Current Issues | home share.google/6cfqfNOYRiSN...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Whiptail, Issue 11, November 2024 by Jennifer Sutherland Read the Current Issues | home share.google/eksOON321aXw...
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petrichor @petrichorlit.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
General Submissions remain closed but we're reopening Pebbles vol. 6 subs till November 30. Send us up to 10 poems, each no more than 5 lines, and/or visuals (haiga, etc.).
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"Submissions for Pebbles vol. 6 extended till 11/30. Send up to 10 poems | 1 - 5 lines each
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Those who submitted to Issue 14 should have received a response now. This issue had a 7% acceptance rate (our average is 5%). The issue is being proofed and checked. We plan to release by early Dec and can't wait to share it with you! Thanks, all, for your support; we couldn't do this without you!🦎
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Those who submitted to Issue 14 should have received a response now. This issue had a 7% acceptance rate (our average is 5%). The issue is being proofed and checked. We plan to release by early Dec and can't wait to share it with you! Thanks, all, for your support; we couldn't do this without you!🦎
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 10, June 2024 by Shane Coppage Read the Current Issues | home share.google/oAAjGWTq1bzp...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
autumn salvo this rain of forgotten by Beverly Acuff Momoi Whiptail Journal, Issue 9, February 2024 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/uRUgjE5wxHNB...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Do not forget submissions close October 27th for the 4th Anniversary Issue.
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The submission period for Issue 14 is underway, and we find ourselves happily swimming in amazingness! We do not have a target number to accept and are quite selective, so send your best! We are open through Oct 27 🦎 www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
a hawthorn breeze panning for goldfinches by Liam Wilkinson Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/PPCqOff8Hrbh...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
a hawthorn breeze panning for goldfinches Liam Wilkinson Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/PPCqOff8Hrbh...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Happy 4th bday to whiptail! We are open for one week and are ready to receive your one-line beauties: poems, hybrids, seqs, & other creations! We love art, haiga, & shahai too! Need a little inspiration? Try the optional theme of FOUR (whatever that means to you). www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Happy 4th bday to whiptail! We are open for one week and are ready to receive your one-line beauties: poems, hybrids, seqs, & other creations! We love art, haiga, & shahai too! Need a little inspiration? Try the optional theme of FOUR (whatever that means to you). www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
while(the clouds turn into rain)the lily blooms - Norma Bradley, USA Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, May 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/yzkCZVZpUNho...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
From Issue 4, Whiptail Journal, August 2022 winter night trying hard to form words into flowers - John Pappas, USA Don't forget to consider poems with the optional them of fours to celebrate our 4th year. Read the Archives | home share.google/2HkZFssCMkT0...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We hope you have been working on the submissions to our 4th anniversary issue. October 21st-27th submission week is approaching.
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
morning frost the sun paints back the grass - Birk Andersson, Sweden Whiptail Journal, Issue 6, February 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/seYe5Dy0iP0j...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
if she floats, America - Dan Schwerin, USA Whiptail Journal, Issue 5, November 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/IFmdyYFnhc78...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It won't be long before we're open again for submissions. We hope you'll join us in celebrating our 4th anniversary issue by submitting. To celebrate, we'll have an optional theme of anything related to four. See the image for examples. whiptailjournal.com/submissions #haiku #mcp #haibun #haiga
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It won't be long before we're open again for submissions. We hope you'll join us in celebrating our 4th anniversary issue by submitting. To celebrate, we'll have an optional theme of anything related to four. See the image for examples. whiptailjournal.com/submissions #haiku #mcp #haibun #haiga
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 4, August 2022 a thread of gossamer between two reeds this bridge to the infinite - Jenny Ward Angyal, USA Read the Archives | home share.google/JlxvUsFkBLmj...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 3, May 2022 in the name of healing fireflies in the jar -Elisa Theriana, Indonesia Read the Archives | home share.google/KoWexFuFbHN6...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Share a one line poem using your favorite fall kigo. #onelinepoem #fall #kigo
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 2, February 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/CluqVT5dPnuU... a lark with weights tied to my legs still I place all these stones in my pockets -Künney, USA
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 1, September 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/ijV779CuYL7F...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025 by Cynthia Hendel Read the Current Issues | home share.google/NJzvXxyj3WGG...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 12, February 2025 by Hifsa Ashraf Read the Current Issues | home share.google/FSXOm11DsdaR...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
too much a sunflower to turn too by Chuck Brickley Whiptail Journal, Issue 11, November 2024 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/EC90OMipYlud...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 10, June 2024 by Engin Gülez Read the Current Issues | home share.google/rAEP8pCVqbMb...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
six spruces where astral rhymes are scent by Jonathan Humphrey The Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023 Read the Current Issues | home share.google/PCup8JdNx5F9...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, September 2023 Read the Archives | home share.google/VQSbBEHUvCrz...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 6, February 2023 issue_6.pdf share.google/bz2d2rFmb7FY... flying turkeys in the room she calls hers - Margaret Walker, USA
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 5, November 2022 issue_5.pdf share.google/z8YGfuCrfCfg...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Whiptail Journal, Issue 4, August 2022 I sing opal glass: seed, bud, open chalice - Jo Balistreri, USA Read the Archives | home share.google/E1ZiQqofdhwu...
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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Whiptail Journal,Issue 3, May 2022 Read the Archives | home share.google/VjGuJGvKGZQU...
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