Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms

In this second part of a conversation with the preeminent poet George Swede about his book "The Way A Poem Emerges, A Haiku Trinity and Beyond, Patricia and George strive to get to grips with the differences between haiku / senryu and short form poetry, amongst other things. We'd love your response, do get in touch. Become a member Show notes

A Haiku Trinity. poetrypea.com has a visit from the eminent poet George Swede. He reads to us from his book, "The way a poem emerges, a haiku trinity" and we discuss the haiku form and the benefits to your health of writing haiku. It's fun, it's thoughtful and a great way to start the year of short form poetry that Poetry Pea has in store for you. Become a member Show notes

poetrypea.com presents a podcast of poetry written especially for Poetry Pea. Some you are hearing them for the first time, some you will have read them in our poetry Journal. All of the poets are superb. Find out which poems Poetry Pea nominated for the Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards. Check out the submission diary on the website... perhaps you will have your work nominated next year. Become...

poetrypea.com presents a podcast of poetry following the creative, Zoka. Patricia is joined by poets from India and the USA to discuss the haiku & senryu and to award this month's Judges' choice. If you had your submission chosen, well done, if you were unsuccessful, there will be a next time. Check out all the submission possibilities on the webs site.

poetrypea.com presents the final part of a three part series on allusive variation in poetry. This time Honzetsu, in which a piece of prose writing is the foundation piece. Lots of contemporary poetic examples and some long form poetry in this edition too. Themes of sadness, death, decay, age and bravado, as well as the wistfulness of children's stories.

poetrypea.com presents a workshop about honkadori, which is allusive variation in poetry. This is part 2 of three podcasts. If you've not listened to part 1, it's the previous episode, do go and have a listen. How can you as poets use allusion to create, fresh, unique poems? Well hopefully this will answer that question and inspire you to write.

poetrypea.com presents a poetry podcast. This time the spirit of haikai is discussed. There's a little bit of poetry history from the Japanese canon, waka, renga, tanka and haiku. Poetry is read aloud, some of it humorous, there's a little vulgarity, but not too much... have a listen, tell me what you think.

poetrypea.com presents a spoken word poetry podcast. This time Patricia (me) is joined by a plethora, a gaggle, an anthology, a dinner party of poets who read their renku to us. There are two renku, a Japanese form of collaborative poetry, for you to enjoy. There are a couple of questions for you too, do let me know the answers and I show myself up with my pronunciation... letters and email will c...

poetrypea.com presents original poetry written by poets around the globe in answer to our video prompt on YouTube, out every month, and our call for Flashku. You'll need to be signed up for our mailing to submit for that. Hope you enjoy the haiku & senryu.

poetrypea.com brings you the haibun that have nominated for a Touchstone poetry award in 2023 and one that isn't. Why? You'll have to find out when you listen... Check out our submission pages to find out when you can submit your poems to Poetry Pea.

poetrypea.com invites you to join us for lots of original poetry, this time in the form of Split Sequences. You'll hear a reading from the very first Split Sequence anthology edited by Chrissi Villa. You'll also hear from the poet David Jacob with a real opportunity for poets who have not had their first individual collection published to get into print. Do join us and of course there will...

This time on Poetry Pea poetrypea.com I ask you questions about the writing of war poetry and offer you in return some examples of poetry written by poets with experience of war. Join me and let me know what your opinions are.

The poetry podcast, poetrypea.com is happy to bring you original poetry from around the globe. This time our poets have been focusing on using the cut in their haiku. Our community judges are from India, the UK, and France by way of the US. Will you agree with their choices? Do email me and let me know.

poetrypea.com was so honoured to launch Sean O'Connor's book, The God of Bones. A truly remarkable work of haibun. Something that will ignite the minds of writers of prose and poetry in the English speaking word and inspire them to write in new directions. As you will hear, the global audience found the reading very moving. I hope you enjoy and learn from the questions and answers from a v...

poetrypea.com is celebrating 7 years of poetry podcasts with some poetry from Maine in the US and some prose. The prose is a reading from Douglas J Lanzo's award winning book, The Year of the Bear. Douglas is regularly featured as a poet on Poetry Pea and when he told us about his first novel being such a success how could we not invite him along to read to us and tell us a bit about how he go...

poetrypea.com presents the second part of a presentation by Janice Doppler on Zoka. She gives all writers a tool they can use not just for poetry but for prose writing too. Be like the snail that pokes his antennae up to look around the world, record the transformations that you see in your world. Submit your haiku to Poetry Pea.

poetrypea.com presents US poet Janice Doppler helping us to understand the idea of Zoka and reading some examples of poetry illustrating Zoka. Zoka is something all writers can use in their work. I think Janice will leave you wanting more, but that's ok as she's back next week, with more super poems for you and tips on how to get started, if you haven't already written something.

poetrypea.com presents a short podcast of original poetry, specifically haiku and monoku this time. You'll hear more poetry to inspire you to write for our submissions and the results of the YouTube video prompt for August 2023. If you enjoy hearing poetry then you've come to the right place. Hope you enjoy it. Let me know and of course, join in with our submissions.

poetrypea.com presents a poetry reading with poet Alvin B Cruz all the way from the Philippines. He is reading from his book "Paper Cranes". We don't just discuss poetry, particularly haiku, senryu and tanka, we do culture too. Did you know how popular karaoke is in the Philippines? I didn't. Don't worry neither of us sing. Hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did. Do let me...

poetrypea.com were truly honoured to be chosen to launch the wonderful book of haibun written by Irish author Sean 0'Connor. As you will hear I believe this to be a ground breaking book. It pushes the boundaries of haibun writing in a powerful way. Strong writing from Sean. Whether you write prose or poetry there is something in this book to move you. Many of the audience reported being moved...

poetrypea.com presents a podcast packed with poetry, specifically haiku using the Japanese aesthetic of Toriawase. Patricia is joined today by Jerome Berglund, editor of Heterodox Journal, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Brian LeBansky and Keith Evetts. Keith of course gave us an insight into Toriawase in S6E13. This is a podcast great for all levels of poets and writers too. We can all learn from it and...

poetrypea.com presents haiku and senryu written by poets from all around the globe. Partly to the July video prompt on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel (a new prompt on there every month), hence the tango theme, and partly in response to a spontaneous call out for haiku. Only poets on the Poetry Pea mailing list get the invite, so it's quite, quite special. Sign up for the mailing if you want to...

poetrypea.com is delighted to welcome Canadian poet Michael Dudley and two Croatian poets, Tomislav Maretić and Dejan Pavlinović to the show. Together they have co created a wonderful book of short form poetry, which they read to us. We discuss how it is they came together to work, how that process worked across different languages and generally what it is about haiku that makes us happy. Patricia...

Today on Poetry Pea we're back visiting with David Jacobs, UK poet. We talk haiku, monoku and books in general. Do stay to the end, I'll read to you some monoku from one of David's recommendation. I wonder what you'll think? Hosai Ozaki does write haiku about ordinary everyday things. If you'd like to see the books we talk about, head to the show notes on the website. www.poetr...

poetrypea.com brings you a selection of haiku from their poetry video prompt which can be found on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel. There's a book review for you too. Hope you enjoy and have taken part in this month's video prompt.