Prune Juice Journal of Senryu & Related Forms

2021 6th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Contest Winners

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Prune Juice

First Place:

courtroom––
how white the shirt
of the rapist

— Arvinder Kaur

Second Place:

first cry . . .
I too am born
a mother

— Agnes Eva Savich

Third Place:

white privilege––
a protester asks
to use the bathroom

—Kelley White

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Prune Juice

the lingering notes
of an out of tune piano
burying grandpa

— Louise Hopewell

lockdown loving
the surprise of wild
nose hairs

— Roberta Beary

chemotherapy
she takes a selfie with
the new wig

— Minal Sarosh

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Prune Juice

ultrasound gel
as she circles the probe
I read her face

— Madhuri Pillai

strip-o-gram
everyone’s standards
go lower

— Elizabeth Crocket

shriveled flesh
the impermanence
of bath bubbles

— Kelly Sauvage Angel