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whiptail: journal of the single-line poem @whiptailjournal.bsky.social · Nov 16
SEA CHANGE is the first anthology of single-line poems in English. Most of these 84 poems selected from whiptail issues 1-7 are #haiku, with tanka and other micropoems to show the richness of what is possible with the single-line structure. Foreword by Jim Kacian www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1951...
Sea Change: An Anthology of Single-Line Poems: Authors, Various, Lehmann, Kat, Smith, Robin, Kacian, Jim: 9781951675103: Amazon.com: Books
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Whiptail, Issue 11, November 2024

by Jennifer Sutherland

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November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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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November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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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!🦎
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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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!🦎
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 10, June 2024

by Shane Coppage

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November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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autumn salvo this rain of forgotten

by Beverly Acuff Momoi

Whiptail Journal, Issue 9, February 2024

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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Do not forget submissions close October 27th for the 4th Anniversary Issue.
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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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 🦎
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October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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a hawthorn breeze panning for goldfinches

by Liam Wilkinson

Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023

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October 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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a hawthorn breeze panning for goldfinches

Liam Wilkinson

Whiptail Journal, Issue 8, September 2023

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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
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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while(the clouds turn into rain)the lily blooms
- Norma Bradley, USA

Whiptail Journal, Issue 7, May 2023

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October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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.

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October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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We hope you have been working on the submissions to our 4th anniversary issue. October 21st-27th submission week is approaching.
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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morning frost the sun paints back the grass
- Birk Andersson, Sweden

Whiptail Journal, Issue 6, February 2023

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October 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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if she floats, America

- Dan Schwerin, USA

Whiptail Journal, Issue 5, November 2022

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September 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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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.

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#haiku #mcp #haibun #haiga
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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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
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 4, August 2022

a thread of gossamer between two reeds this bridge to the infinite

- Jenny Ward Angyal, USA

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September 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 3, May 2022

in the name of healing fireflies in the jar
-Elisa Theriana, Indonesia

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September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Share a one line poem using your favorite fall kigo.

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September 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 2, February 2022

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a lark with weights tied to my legs still I place all these stones in my pockets

-Künney, USA
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August 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 1, September 2023

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August 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Whiptail Journal, Issue 13, June 2025

by Cynthia Hendel

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August 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM