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Pippa
@pippaesque.bsky.social
Prune Juice Editor. I write short things and long things. Zines, poems, art.


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I'm adding prints of my #haiga in my ko-fi shop! Here's the first one, only $5! You can buy it here!

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#haiku #poetry #art #mixedmedia #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity
Why does Marty Supreme look like an SNL parody of an Oscar movie?
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
dust mote
the tilting orbit
of an undiscovered planet

(previously published in the now sadly defunct Failed Haiku)

#scifaiku #micropoetry #poetry
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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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
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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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
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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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.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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...
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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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
akitahaiku.com/what-are-hai...
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…
akitahaiku.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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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
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prunejuicesenryu.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu & Related Forms
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prunejuicesenryu.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Religion is a fursona.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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?
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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A rain should be dark

So should a freshly cut rose in a old vase
A grey incense
A tanka
#Nihon
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I am but
the thorned bush

You are but
the blooming
Rose

#iambut #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #poem
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
So i'm reading the Pillow Book and you guys, Sei Shonagon is OBSESSED with exorcists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Go here:

superbad.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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smelling of rosewater and pretension—
my Cashapp balance is 0

#senryu
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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@pippaesque.bsky.social here is a one line renga between Marlene and another poet.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
only if you have
new ways of owning
the world

#senryu
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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a man's depression often the unseen face of the moon #senryu
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From an editorial standpoint, haibun is the worst. There are so many haibun with incredible, amazing prose-- and a recap poem tacked on at the end. Or a decent piece of descriptive writing elevated by a gorgeous poem. And it's so heartbreaking to have to scratch them off my list.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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@pippaesque.bsky.social I found you in Greensboro. Thanks for the lovely moment 🧡 This really spoke to me.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
unable to see the brush strokes Palantir

#monoku #haiku #poetry
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of aggressive hand-clapping as a form of statesmanship, Dems.

apnews.com/article/pelo...
Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House
Powerful Democratic former speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection to the U.S. House. Pelosi’s announcement Thursday brings to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Inking a wolf’s hair brush –
drawing the emptiness
into Saturn’s rings.

#俳句 #English俳句 #俳句inEnglish #haiku
Saturn's Rings
Leaf 201 – Reflections   Earth seen from Saturn (2017) NASA JPL-CALTECH SSCI Continuing the theme from Leaf 199 , meditating on how we c...
shinobazupond.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM