a ceasefire
or a pause
the difference
may matter
to someone
Only Human 1.1 (Apr-26)
Many thanks to editors David Oates & @ajwentz.com
Proud to appear in the inaugural issue
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National Poetry Month is off to a fantastic start! This is Volume 1 Issue 1 of Only Human: English Language Senryu. The cover image features a bokeh of warm light and figures in a crowd. Two in the center appear to be facing left, wearing jacket, and holding hands. Alongside the cover, floating in white space on the right, I placed one of my two senryu published in the issue: candle meditation a lace moth smacks my face
Issue 1.1 of Only Human: English Language Senryu is live! Congratulations everyone, I'm honored to be included. Thank you, AJ Wentz and David Oates; it's a wonderful collection!
Here's one of my two senryu in the issue. Read more on their site below.
#Senryusunday #senryu #NationalPoetryMonth
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Delighted to have my #senryu included in this, the inaugural issue of Only Human :
retirement
— I listen to the tick of my new clock
Lots more interesting pieces within - go check it out!
#haiku
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standing room only
at the park
cherry blossoms
In the inaugural issue of @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social , with thanks to the editors! @ajwentz.com and David Oates
#SenryuSunday
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So grateful to be in included in the inaugural issue of "Only Human: English Language Senryu" ! @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social
Many thanks to AJ Wentz and David Oates for including 2 of my poems.
#senryu
I loved putting this issue together, and I’m so glad to showcase these wonderful poems. I hope you enjoy them 💕
Dear Humans,
Our first issue is live! We are so grateful to all of our wonderful contributors, and we cannot wait for the world to meet these poems inside this issue. You can read it on our website:
Spending the weekend getting the first issue together, and we cannot wait to share these wonderful poems with you all.
Submissions are OPEN for the first issue of Only Human! Send us your English language senryu, kyoka, senbun, and haibun during the month of February. Guidelines are available on our website.
We can’t wait to read your poetry!
Only seventeen days until Only Human opens for submissions! In the meantime, check out our guidelines and select what poems to send us:
Thank you! We're excited to create a space for senryu poets!
Thank you!
New publisher listing for: Only Human: A Senryu Journal @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social (Poetry Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Looking forward to your submission when we open in February!
A graphic containing images of people (on the phone, holding hands, lifting faces to the sun, cannonballing into a lake) surrounding the words: "Coming soon. Only Human: a senryu journal."
Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human.
Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.