If you’ve been experimenting with one line poems and wondering how they work — or whether they work at all — this episode is for you.

We explore five essential techniques for writing strong one line haiku:

• Speed – creating breathless momentum

• Circular structure – poems that can be read in multiple directions

• Truncated form – leaving deliberate space for the reader’s imagination

• Shape and horizontal movement – how visual and directional flow affect meaning

• Multiple cuts – discovering layered readings within a single line

Have we answered our won questions?

• Have we appropriated the Japanese short form?
• Do one line haiku conform to traditional three line expectations?
• Is a poem a one line haiku simply because the poet says it is?
• Why did the one line become so popular — and why have they endured?

Whether you are new to writing haiku or already publishing in journals, this episode offers accessible, practical techniques you can try immediately in your own notebook.

If you enjoy learning about haiku craft, senryū techniques, poetry prompts, and contemporary short form poetry, make sure to follow the podcast and check the show notes for cited poems and further reading.

And don’t forget:

Submit your poems via the YouTube video comments for the Monthly Prompt or try the 3-Word Challenge in our Shorts.

Through close readings of poems by Michael Segers, John Wills, Alvin Cruz, Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Kala Ramesh, Tess Sherman, Scott Wiggerman, martin gottlieb cohen and even Allen Ginsberg, we examine how the single line changes pacing, meaning and impact.

We also begin asking some bigger questions about English-language haiku:

• Have Western poets reshaped the short form into something unrecognisable in Japan?
• Are English one line haiku a natural evolution — or a reinvention?
• Is a one line poem a haiku simply because the poet says it is?

This is Part 1 of a short series. Next week we’ll turn to techniques for writing one line haiku, looking at structure, rhythm and craft.

If you’re interested in:

• one line haiku
• senryū
• English-language haiku technique
• haiku form and structure
• poetry craft discussions
• modern haiku debate

then this episode is for you.

Show notes and links are here.

If you’d like to read along, a slideshow version is available on YouTube.

Keep writing.

In this adrenaline-charged episode of Poetry Pea,I share original haiku and senryu inspired by a thrilling monster truck video, captured by Renee Schaffer and curated by Allyson Whipple. Huge thanks to both for fuelling this creative ride.

Expect short-form poetry that explores power, spectacle, humour and the poetry of roaring engines and flying mud — all in just three lines.

Every poem featured will appear in the first Poetry Pea Journal of the year, celebrating contemporary haiku and senryu from our international poetry community.

Love modern haiku? Enjoy writing prompts and award-winning poems? Don’t miss the Golden Pea Award Winners Podcast and the accompanying anthology.

Subscribe, follow, and sign up to the newsletter so you don’t miss the next Poetry Pea release.

Check out the show notes.

Small poems. Full throttle.

Poets Featured today

Bisshie

Alicia Samson

Angiola Inglese

Christopher Seep

David Cox

Hifsa Ashraf

Jonathan Blakeslee

Joshua Gage

Lakshman Bulusu

Melissa Dennison

Mims Sully

Neena Singh

Mona Bedi

Ralph Matthews

Richard Bailly

Richard Tice

Rob McKinnon

Rohan Buettel

Tracy Davidson

Rupa Anand

Sheikha A.

Kimberly Kuchar 

This episode offers close readings, literary context, and thoughts, uncovering forgotten poems, global influences, and the ways haiku has travelled across languages and cultures. Topics include imagist poetry, one-line poems, haiku history, and writing practice.

Ideal for poets, writers, readers, and anyone interested in haiku, poetry podcasts, short poems, and creative writing.

New episodes released regularly.

Keep writing.

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Recorded from her studio in Switzerland, Patricia shares a carefully curated selection of award-winning poems, chosen for their craft, originality and emotional impact. These standout pieces appear in The Golden Pea Anthology, the first collection to bring Poetry Pea’s finest poems together.

Featuring luminous haiku, sharp-eyed senryū, resonant tanka and ambitious haibun, this episode is both a celebration of outstanding poets and a masterclass for lovers of short-form poetry.

If you enjoy contemporary poetry podcasts and award-winning short poems, this episode is not to be missed.

Want to see who the talented poets are... go to the episode.

Step into the streets, gyms, roads, and temples of contemporary poetry with this episode of the Poetry Pea Podcast, dedicated to urban haiku and senryū. In this instalment of the Urban Haiku series, we continue to explore how modern city life finds expression through short-form poetry—capturing fleeting moments, human interactions, and everyday urban scenes in just a few carefully chosen words.

Featuring unpublished and published urban haiku and senryū submitted by members of the Poetry Pea community, this episode offers listeners the chance to hear fresh work while also engaging with questions of form, and categorisation. What makes a poem haiku rather than senryū? How does urban experience shape contemporary haiku writing? And how do poets adapt traditional forms to modern settings?

Perfect for haiku poets, short-form poetry lovers, and writers interested in contemporary haiku, this episode aims to inspire you to try writing urban poetry yourself—especially if you’re considering submitting to a current or future Poetry Pea haiku call-out.

You’ll also hear updates on Poetry Pea opportunities, including YouTube writing prompts, three-word challenges, and upcoming features such as the Golden Pea Awards.

🎧 Listen, reflect, and be inspired to write your own urban haiku.

📺 Don’t forget to explore the Poetry Pea YouTube channel and membership options for more ways to write, submit, and publish short poetry.

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In this episode, you’ll hear poetry from the long list of Poetry Pea’s brand-new awards — the Golden Pea Awards. These are poems that came tantalisingly close to the top: work that impressed, delighted, and lingered, but ultimately didn’t quite make it into the final, glittering handful of Golden Peas. 

Expect exceptional haiku, senryū, tanka and haibun from across the Poetry Pea community, read with care and accompanied by an appreciation of effort, craft, and understatement. This is a celebration of poems that were almost 24-carat gold — and in many cases, arguably are.

Thoughtful, witty, and refreshingly free of fuss, The Poetry Peacast honours the breadth and brilliance of contemporary short poetry and their brilliant writing community — and reminds us that sometimes, nearly is still rather magnificent.

Want to see a list of te poets on the loong list, head over to the episode webpage.

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poets featured today:

m shane pruett, Haiku Pea Podcast, S3E22

Eric W Amann[i] William J Higgenson with Penny Harter,”The Haiku Handbook.” Kodansha International, 1985, p87

Barbara Tate, THF City Sidewalk, taste

Michael Dylan Welch, from Graceguts

Mizuho, Urban Ginko V – Nakazaki-cho, Osaka July 10^th 2023

Akihiko, Urban Ginko V – Nakazaki-cho, Osaka July 10^th 2023

Richard Wright, Haiku: This Other World, Arcade Publishing, New York, NY, 1998

Lakshmi Iyer, Poetry Pea Journal, 3.22

Bob Whitmire, THF City Sidewalk, hearing

Tracy Davidson, Poetry Pea Journal 2.23

Wendy Cobourne, Prune Juice, issue 46

Arvinder Kaur, Poetry Pea Journal, Summer 2021

Rupa Anand, failed haiku issue111

In this episode of the Poetry Pea Podcast, we open Season Nine with original contemporary poetry written in response to our final video poetry prompt of 2025, curated by poet Kathleen Tice. This poetry podcast showcases a wide range of poetic voices and styles, demonstrating how a single poetry prompt can inspire many different poems.

You’ll also hear updates about the Poetry Pea community, the latest poetry prompt on YouTube, and how poets can submit poetry correctly by leaving poems in the YouTube comments. Submitting poetry through the YouTube comments is the only way to take part in the Poetry Pea video poetry prompt.

The Poetry Pea Podcast is ideal for poets, writers, poetry readers, and anyone looking for writing prompts, poetry inspiration, or contemporary poetry podcasts. Each episode features poetry readings, poetry prompts, and creative encouragement for poets at all stages.

Check out the poets featured today on the Episode webpage

Patricia also shares an important correction and heartfelt apology to poets Mona Bedi and Marylyn Burridge, plus news about the upcoming Christmas break, the bumper Season Nine, and teases Poetry Pea Press developments planned for 2026.

Listeners will find links to Reid Hepworth’s books, Poetry Pea membership, the mailing list, and submission guidelines in the show notes.

A perfect listen for fans of contemporary poetry, haiku, senryu, haibun, one line poems, and tanka.

Subscribe, stay connected, and enjoy this beautiful end-of-year reading.

If you enjoy this podcast do think about supporting our work, thank you.

• Buy us a coffee
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• Or simply share this episode with your poetry pals and leave us a comment or review. It really does help the show grow.

Discover how travel, nature, and poetic craft intertwine as we talk about the art of haiku editing and the inspiration behind her work.

If you love contemporary haiku, haibun, and international poetry, this episode will enchant you.

✨ Don’t forget to sign up for the Poetry Pea mailing list for news on our upcoming anthology, amongst other things — a little gem in itself!

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There’s also a bit of breaking news for poetry lovers: publication of the Poetry Pea Anthology is imminent, so be sure you’re on the mailing list — it’s the perfect poetry gift for Christmas.

Join us for poetry, reflection, and a touch of wonder.

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Patricia shares previously published haiku and senryu from the beach, plus new poems inspired by our latest video prompt. Expect crows, carols, and a touch of tropical sunshine — all wrapped up in the warmth of our global poetry community.

With thanks to Neena Singh for her expert curating, and to all the poets who took part in this month’s prompt.

If you’d like to join in, leave your haiku or senryu in the comments under the video on our YouTube channel (not by email, please!) and maybe you’ll be featured next time.

🌴 Keep writing, keep watching the waves, and see you next week for more poetic adventures.

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In this episode, we put our poetic instincts to the test: can you tell your haiku from your senryū? Or have some poems wandered off into the wild world of micropoetry?

Join us for a fun, thought-provoking episode full of literary nerdery, and maybe a little friendly controversy. We’ll also celebrate Joshua St. Claire’s award-winning haiku and revisit what makes haiku haiku, and senryū, senryū, from seasonal references to intuition and exposés.

Tune in, play along, and then head to the show notes to compare your answers with ours. Let’s see how many you get right—no cheating!

Join us as we question, laugh, and maybe disagree — all in the spirit of good poetry.

🎧 Featuring:

• Thoughtful comparisons between haiku and senryū
• Readings and analysis of poems from Poetry Pea Journal and Prune Juice
• A few surprises (and laughs) along the way

🕊️ Keep up with the series and make sure you've subscribed to the Podcast, wherever you are listening.

Maybe leave us a review, it would be most appreciated.

We begin by asserting that senryū do not have to be humorous. They offer sharp, human insights that continue to spark debate among poets and editors. In this episode you’ll hear examples from both the Japanese canon and contemporary English-language poets, with commentary and context to guide you.

Over the coming episodes in this series, we’ll learn the differences between haiku & senryū, discover the living practice of senryū, and consider their place alongside haiku in today’s poetry world.

Perfect for anyone curious about senryū, haiku, and Japanese short-form poetry in English.

Patricia shares news about the brand-new Poetry Pea Journal 4:25 — full of original haiku, creepy-crawly poems, video prompt selections, and the latest judges’ choice. You’ll also hear how poets responded to a social media challenge and a flashku call-out.

Whether you’re a seasoned haiku poet or just curious about short-form poetry, this episode is packed with inspiration and poems to spark your creativity.

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Welcome to the Poetry Pea Podcast – your home for haiku, senryū and short-form poetry. 🐞🦋🐝

In this episode, inspired by Liam Maguire’s “creepy crawly” presentation, our judges Clive Grewcock, Melissa Dennison and Liam himself share their nominations for the Judges’ Choice. Expect beetles, butterflies, ants, dragonflies, spiders and more – all captured in the tiny but powerful form of haiku and senryū.

✨ What you’ll hear:

• Original haiku, senryū and one-line poems from poets around the world
• Commentary from our judges
• A lively selection of poems which will be some of the poems featured in Poetry Pea Journal 4:25

Sign up for our mailing list for early access, special offers, and submission opportunities

💌 Submissions are open for tanka 1-15th Oct 2025– check the diary & guidelines on our website before sending!

☕ Like what we do? Support the Poetry Pea Podcast:

• Become a member
• Buy us a coffee
• Share this podcast with your poetry-loving friends

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In this episode, we share beautiful haiku and senryū from our community, inspired by the video prompts. You’ll hear poetry chosen by editor Amy Watson from the August prompt, and we’ll look ahead to September’s beach-themed prompt curated by Neena Singh.

Alongside the poetry, I raise an important question about fairness in haiku competitions — something for us all to consider as members of the short form poetry community. And, to end, we return to more poems from you, our listeners, to bring us back to calm reflection.

📌 What’s inside this episode:

• Haiku and senryū from the Poetry Pea community
• Highlights from the August video prompt (Tango-inspired)
• A discussion on fairness in haiku competitions
• More community poems to close the show

💌 Don’t miss out! Join the Poetry Pea mailing list to hear about new journals, prompts, and podcast episodes first: [link]

If you enjoy writing haiku, & senryū, or simply love listening to short form poetry, this episode is for you.

Kyōka are often described as the “wild poems” of the tanka world – witty, playful, and full of wry social commentary. Think of them as to tanka what senryū are to haiku.

👉 What you’ll hear in this episode:

• A short introduction to kyōka and their place in Japanese poetry
• Examples from the Japanese, translated into English
• Contemporary kyōka written originally in English
• A light-hearted discussion about humour in poetry

📚 Don’t forget – our latest haibun journal Tendrils is out now. Link in the show notes if you’d like to grab a copy (print or PDF).

💌 Want to support Poetry Pea?

Become a member, buy us a coffee, or simply share this episode on your social media. Every little helps to keep the podcast going and spread the word.

🖊️ Submissions:

Check our submissions diary for current calls. We’d love to read your work in future episodes.

Thank you for listening – and most importantly, keep writing.

Whether you’re brand new to tanka, already writing haiku and senryū, or preparing to submit your work to poetry journals, this podcast will give you inspiration, structure, and confidence in your writing.

📌 What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What makes a tanka “superior”
• Common mistakes to avoid when writing tanka
• Teika’s timeless advice on style, rhythm, and language
• Practical exercises (including a 15-day tanka challenge)
• How to get ready for submissions in October

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In this podcast we’ll explore:

• Teika’s ten styles of waka and why they still matter
• His core ideal of ushin (“conviction of feeling”)
• The four fundamental styles every poet should try and 6 to have a go at once they are mastered

Along the way, I’ll share classic examples of waka and tanka, plus some modern tanka poems to show how Teika’s ideas resonate today.

📺 Don’t miss the latest video prompt, edited this month by the brilliant Neena Singh — a chance to spark your own writing and join in the conversation.

🔗 Check the show notes for sources, translations, and links to related podcasts. poetrypea.com

If you enjoy learning about Japanese poetry, tanka, haiku, and poetics, do give this video a like, leave a comment with your favourite poem or style, and subscribe for more deep dives into poetry and prompts every week.

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Our theme? Elephants in haiku and senryu, inspired by Borneo’s rare and gentle pygmy elephants.

In this episode:

• 🐘 Haiku & senryu from Linda Ludwig’s last video prompt editorship
• 📖 Treasures from past Poetry Pea Journals
• 🌿 Elephant-themed poems from other talented writers
• 🌏 Five fascinating facts about Borneo
• 💚 A closer look at Borneo’s endangered pygmy elephants

📢 Haiku & Senryu Submissions: You’ve still got time to submit for this month’s video prompt, edited by Amy Watson in her first ever Poetry Pea role. Remember — post your poems in the comments section of the video prompt to be considered.

💡 Support Poetry Pea:

Become a member, buy us a coffee, or share the podcast with poetry-loving friends.

✨ Whether you’re here for nature haiku inspiration, wildlife facts, or a love of short-form poetry, this episode will leave you inspired — and maybe ready to book a trip to Borneo.

🔗 Links

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1.    Elephants in Haiku and Senryu

2.    Borneo Pygmy Elephants

3.    Poetry Pea Podcast

4.    Nature Haiku / Wildlife Haiku

5.    Haiku and Senryu about Animals

And we’re in for a real treat today because we’re in the company of one of the greats: John Wills. A master of the short form, Wills was an American poet who lived from 1921 to 1993, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of poems and books. I’ll introduce you to his work, highlight some of the techniques he used so beautifully, and read a few examples that just might change the way you write—or read—poetry.

📌 You can find out more about John Wills by following the links in the show notes. And of course… Google is your friend.

Breaking news... Poetry Pea Journal 3:25 is out as a PDF

You can purchase it here

When community member Melissa Dennison asked for more humour in her life, we thought—what better way to celebrate the joy of poetry than with poems that make us laugh, smirk, or even groan? Whether you're a poet, a poetry lover, or just someone who enjoys a clever twist in senryū, this episode is for you.

🪲 What’s happening at Poetry Pea?

• We’re currently accepting submissions for creepy crawlie haiku. Visit our submissions diary to find out how to send us your best insect-inspired verses.
• Check out our latest video prompt on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel, this month hosted by the wonderful Amy Watson, who’s taken over from the equally fabulous Linda Ludwig. Be sure to show Amy some love—and don’t forget to add your poem in the comments!

✨ Want to help shape the podcast?

Support us by becoming a Poetry Pea member. Members enjoy special opportunities to influence episode themes, submit work, and support the ongoing work of spreading high-quality short-form poetry worldwide. Details in the show notes. If you can't do that, and I understand, maybe buy us a coffee, or spread the love about this podcast on social media, and leave a review wherever you listen.

🎧 Hit play, have a laugh, and enjoy the magic of funny haiku and witty senryu—because poetry can be profound and playful.

Featuring readings from the anthology One Thread and a conversation with its editor, Janice Doppler, this gathering celebrates the power of becoming, creativity, and poetic presence.

Hosted by Patricia, with guest poets including Don Baird, Kala Ramesh, and our very own Vandana Parashar and friends, this episode is both a showcase and an invitation to explore Zōka for yourself.

Want to join us next time? Members get first dibs on seats — details in the show notes

These original haiku and senryū were written in response to June’s Video Prompt — a monthly moment of creativity on our YouTube channel. ✍️✨

Featuring voices like:

🖋️ Daniela Misso

🖋️ Lakshmi Iyer

🖋️ Rupa Anand

🖋️ Sara Winteridge

🖋️ Amy Watson

• more from Switzerland’s own haiku poets!

🎧 Listen now to discover the power of poetic echoes — and how alphorns brought the mountains to the city streets.

👉 Don’t forget: July’s prompt is live! Write your response and leave it in the comments to be considered for the podcast and journal.

Every month, except December, there is a short video on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel and you are invited to leave your poems, as many as you want, in the comments section under the video. The poems that are chosen by our editor Linda Ludwig, are featured in podcasts and of course in the Poetry Pea Journal.

Submission criteria.

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This week on the Poetry Peacast, we’re getting under your skin — in the best possible way — with a fresh collection of haiku and short form poetry inspired by the little creatures that wriggle, buzz, crawl, and fly.

🦋 Featuring poems from Poetry Pea Journals past (and a few haiku legends), this episode explores beauty in the overlooked — from dragonflies to snails to crickets (yes, even cockroaches get a cameo).

💚 Special shout-out to Liam Maguire, whose presentation on insect haiku actually inspired Patricia to write about bugs (gasp!), and to Linda Ludwig, who’s wrapping up her time as editor of our Video Prompt feature. We’ll miss her guiding hand — let’s make her final month unforgettable.

🎧 Tune in now & find out why these “deceptive little poems” are anything but simple. Then, get writing — August's Creepy Crawly submission is open! 📝

Liam Maguire’s presentation

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This week, poet Julie Bloss Kelsey joins me to read from her deeply moving collection, Grasping the Fading Light: A Journey Through PTSD — winner of the 2021 International Women’s Haiku Contest.

Her work brings vulnerability, strength, and beauty to the page. Together we explore grief, trauma, recovery, and resilience — through the gentle force of haiku, senryū, and tanka.

This is an episode full of humanity and hope. You might think it’s not for you — but poetry this honest speaks to all of us.

Also available to watch on Poetry Pea's YouTube channel.

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You can read the slides on the YouTube version or check them our at Buy Me A Coffee, where you can support the work of the podcast in many ways.

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Zoka — the creative, the generative force that animates the universe — is more than a concept. It's the heartbeat of haiku.

In this week’s Poetry Pea Podcast, I reflect on Janice Doppler’s brilliant essay, “Following Bashō, Following Zoka,” and the powerful conversations it’s sparked within our community. I talk about my own grappling with the idea — from my strict Catholic upbringing to gradually recognizing zoka in my writing, even before I had the language for it.

We’ll explore what haiku can be when we allow transformation, transience, and seasonality to rise above static images or generic kigo. 🌀

What does it mean to feel the seasons in an urban space? How can we write haiku that breathe and evolve with nature — not just describe it?

🎙️ Tune in and journey with us through change, through poetry, through zoka.

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• a reply from Bruce Feingold regarding my problems with the Touchstone awards

• a bit of data research from Bill Fay

• some haiku & senryū written for the latest flashk

• the poems chosen by Linda L Ludwig from May's prompt video

Thank you to all the poets who have had their work chosen.

Thank you to Anne Fox for the video.

Thank you to Linda for all the work she puts in for the video prompt.

Thank you to all the editors who took part in the flashku submission, Robert, Vandana, Lev, Shane, Richard and Samantha.

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I’m in one of those seasons. When I sat down to plan this week’s episode, I thought I’d explore the poetry of Chiyo-ni — and oh, the rabbit holes I found! That’s going to take more time. But today, I just needed a slower pace… and maybe you do too.

So, I offer you something gentler:

✨ a jazz-infused session of haiku and senryū,

✨ poems to breathe with,

✨ words that settle the heart.

You’ll hear work from Lenard D. Moore, Stanford M. Forrester, Jennifer Gurney, Debbie Strange, Lakshmi Iyer, and many more — including the unforgettable lines of Chiyo-ni herself.

🎙️ This episode isn’t a workshop or deep dive — it’s a quiet conversation with the poems I’ve been holding close lately. Think of it as late-night jazz… in haiku form.

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As you’ll know from the podcasts I’ve already published the topic is belonging and alienation this year. If you haven’t listened to themHere they are:

• A Reading with Roman Lyakhovetsky
• The Poetry of Alienation
• Belonging in Poetry

The anthology will be in print and PDF format. Submission will be by invitation only and the only way to get your invitation is by signing up to the mailing list. It won’t be long til the invite goes out so hurry, hurry, hurry.

For your inspiration today I’m with a poet from North Carolina. You met him before on a podcast in series 7, where he read to us from his book “A Million Shadows at Noon”. 

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There's a bit of homework in there for you too. Do you agree / disagree with the thoughts expressed at the beginning of the podcast? Write and let me know.

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I also try out some AI. What do you think?

Please support the podcast by 

• Becoming a member
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• or spreading the word about us on social media

Your mission this week, should you choose it

• Don’t forget to check the website’s submission diary
• Write some poetry for the video prompt
• And maybe think if there’s anyone you know who might like to advertise on the podcast.

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Your mission is to email me with your thoughts:

• Did this podcast work for you
• What topics would you like to hear them talk about
• Did you agree / disagree with the two poets

Email me and let me know.

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Check out the show notes

Submissions diary

• a Patricia who is a tiny bit cross
• a romp through tradition of the Japanese prose poem
• Some advice on how you can write them

If you would lie to support the podcast, please purchase a membership, a coffee or spread the word about this, the world's number one haiku podcast, to your poet friends.

Thank you

If you've enjoyed this episode please consider supporting Poetry Pea with a membership, or a coffee.

You can read them in the latest Poetry Pea Journal 1:25.

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I can’t continue to offer this podcast without a little bit of financial help. You can become a member, purchase one of our journals, or buy us a coffee. Please consider it. Thank you.

• Japanese prisoners of war, held in Japan and other countries, writing their jisei before their execution
• Poems written by those about to commit seppuku
• Poems from the ancient masters of our genre

Anyone who doesn’t want to listen to poems on these tough subjects, maybe come back next week.

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Please consider supporting the podcast with a membership or buying us a coffee. Details on the website.

* Jisei,

* Zekku

* Death awareness poetry.

It will be the first of a two-part series of podcasts. I’ll share what I’ve learnt with you, read you some poetry and then give you a clue as to what I’ll be expecting next month in the death poem submission period. There will be rabbit holes…

Do check out the show notes.

Maybe buy us a coffee, that would be a treat for us.

• Poetry By Women
• Poetry About Women

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Put your guess on :

• instagram
• Bluesky
• X

Don't forget to tag me

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Don’t worry, you have time to think about your submissions, your invitation will be arriving at some point later in the year… of course later could be next month or five months away. What you need to do if you would like to submit is make sure you are on the mailing list. You can sign up on the Poetry Pea website. Only poets on the mailing list will be invited to submit. I do check.

So anyway a few weeks ago, in episode 5 of this series I discussed the idea of belonging and the various ways we can interpret that in haiku and senryū. Today I’d like to focus on alienation.

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Join Patricia for original poetry, written by you and for you on this week's podcast.

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Well February is the month of love; the month we celebrate St Valentine’s Day. So today, a little early, or maybe late, depending on when you are joining me, we are going to hear love haiku, senryū, tanka and haibun. For limks and citations please head to the show notes

If you’ve enjoyed this podcast please consider making a donation via Buymeacoffee or Paypal

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• Have a listen
• Write your love a poem
• See what ocmes back
• Let me know...

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• Why is this poet not considered one of the great masters of the Japanese short form
• Could you have lived as he did
• What brings you joy in life

Now perhaps you're inspired to write some haiku / senryu or even tanka.

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Check out the submission diary.

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Today you will hear:

• Solo sequences
• Collaborative sequences
• A sequence by host Patricia and Peter Jastermsky

Hope you enjoy it.

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This is the very last Poetry Peacast of season 7, a special one, full of your original tanka poetry.

Thank you to all of you loyal listeners and all my new poet friends who have joined us this year. It’s a treat for me to spend time with you and to read your work during the submission periods.

I enjoy the comments that our lovely editing team make when we read your work and I learn so much from the interaction with them, so thank you to all the members of the various teams, Liam, Robert, Vandana, Lev, Matt, Linda, Shane and Richard and to two of the team who left this year Ron and Lorraine. Much love to you all.

I do need some team members who would be interested in helping to get the Poetry Pea facebook group up, running and continuing. Volunteer if you can and tell me what would you like and expect from us on Facebook? I’m pretty clueless as I haven’t really used it, but I’ll learn…

To everyone who keeps me on my toes with emails, I thank you for them, I can be slow in getting back to you, but I do read all my emails and do my best.

Thanks not just to poets who submitted to the tanka submissions but also to the judges who stepped up to help me, Matt Defibaugh, Robert Horrobin and Lev Hart, but also to Allyson Whipple, who not only judged but sat in for me on the recording of the judging when I was in a bit of a pickle. She’s a star… and you may know this already but she is taking on the editorship of Frogpond Journal next year. Good luck to you Allyson, I hope that won’t mean we hear less from you. Do support Allyson in her new role and inundate her with your work, when you’re not sending it to me of course.

See you next week for season 8!

In the spirit of Christmas may I wish all of you a very happy time of the year, whether you are celebrating or not.

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Congratulations to all the poets featured today, the culmination of all the work we've done together this year.

One of the last things Debbie said to me was something along the lines that she wouldn’t be her if she didn’t write about Mars. So I’d like you to follow in Debbie’s footsteps and write about all things scifi.

To help you along the way I’ve got some favourites from the episode previously inspired by Debbie which were published in Journal 2:22, some poems from scifiku masters and to end a little bit more Debbie.

One very important thing to tell you before we head over to the poetry… I have an open submission period, deadline 21 December 2024 for Split Sequences. You can write them on your own, or collaborate with your mates, either way, there will be a print and PDF version of Split Peas, the Poetry Pea split sequences journal, out early in 2025. Don’t miss the deadline for submissions!

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This time Patricia at Poetry Pea wanted to pay tribute to Deborah who was such a great friend to Poetry Pea, indeed to haiku worldwide. In this episode you will hear Debbie give a workshop on Scifiku a repeat from an episode in 2022, to inspire you to write for the first submission period of 2025. Finally, you will hear Debbie's last recording for us. She ends it with hope. Do listen all the way to end. God Bless Debbie.

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Today an anthology of poets who have published with Cuttlefish books, Robin Smith, Julie Bloss Kelsey, Allyson Whipple and Lenard D Moore read to us from their Cuttlefish books. This is only part 1. Do join us again for part 2 next time.

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Today I’m going to open with some poetry from Yamakawa Tomiko, explore some female tanka poets who were not included in Ueda’s Modern Tanka Anthology and then have a listen to some work from more of the female poets he did include.

Lots of poetry to inspire you to write.

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This episode is about the poet Yosano Akiko, an extraordinary woman, mother, poet, essayist, traveller, co-founder of a school for girls. A feminist of her time and a woman who wrote great tanka.

Hear her work, learn something of her life, find out what people thought of her in her lifetime.

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Bona, along with Lynne Jambor, Matthew Defibaugh, Alvin B Cruz and Katherine E Winnick, chose their favourite poems to nominate for the judges' choice and tell us why. Check the show notes for more info.

If you've enjoyed what you've heard, please give us a review and maybe think of sponsoring the podcast with a membership or buying us a coffee.

Thanks for joining us.

You will find our more about the poets and a link to Triveni Haikai India in the show notes. Of course the poets will also feature in the Poetry Pea Journal 5:24.

Enjoy!

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• How to write them
• Topics to write about
• Examples of poetry to inspire you

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Can you believe that Poetry Pea is going into our 8th year?

Seven full years and have things changed here at Pea Towers? Well some things have changed, I’m older, but more healthy so bad news and good news there.

I was curious as to how the podcast had changed, I barely remember the early days (post-menopausal brain and the recent bump to the head probably). So today I'm going to revisit a couple of podcasts from the early days.

How do you think things have changed?

Can you help with my dreadful poem?

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So that’s what I have for you today. Tanka reforms, the initial ideas and the concepts and movements that flowed from them. It's more interesting than you might think. Of course I do have lots of poems to read to you as well.

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Today I’m looking at the premodern period, so a poetry type known as waka, composed before the tanka reforms of the late 1800s. By the end of the podcast you should know a bit about the history of waka and see the development of the form in this pre tanka world. It’s starting to look like something we might just recognise in our contemporary works. Don’t worry if you don’t immediately get them, we’ll look at them again.

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How to let off steam by writing short poetry with Bona M Santos.

You will find the slides on the YouTube version, otherwise if you are an Issa or a Buson member they will be sent to your inbox, as long as I have the right email address. Membership information on the website.

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Push your writing boundaries!

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If you’ve enjoyed these poems please like and share and maybe you can think about becoming a member or buying us a coffee. Details on the website. We’d be very grateful.

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Thank you for joining us today if you've enjoyed it, please consider buying us a coffee or becoming a member, with benefits to you.

If you could tell your haiku friends about us too, that would be fabulous.

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I smiled for days when editing this. I hope you enjoy it too.

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Much like beauty, the object is often in the eye of the author and the reader and so some of you might disagree with some of our choices, which as you know I don’t have a problem with. if you do disagree, slip me an email and let me know why. We won’t fall out about it.

I promised you a journal out at the end of the month and so far I think I’m going to be able to do it, it will be journal 3:24 if you are over at Buy me a Coffee, but fear not, if you are on the mailing list you will be notified as soon as it’s out and of course if you are an Issa or Buson member then it will fall effortlessly into your in box.

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Unfortunately while I was preparing for this series of podcasts, my dear husband brought a rather nasty cold into the house and kindly shared it with me, and I spent more time sleeping away the virus than I would have liked, so apologies, this podcast isn’t as long as I’d like it to be, but I do have some great senryū to share with you, recommendations for what we’d like to see in the submissions and a little story.

Hello I’m Patricia and you are most welcome to join me on a journey to senryū on this the Poetry Pea Cast.

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We’re going to meet the poet and farmer Jeremy Haworth and listen to the poems he wrote while he was learning his farming craft.

“in Four Season farm, Jeremy Haworth’s writing is skilled, deliberate and accomplished. It is honest, humble and refreshing. Written in a clear and original voice, Four Season farm is a remarkable debut and a delightful read.” Sean O’Connor

In 2019 Jeremy won the Cúirt New Writing Prize.

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It has been a fascinating study from a poetry and an historical point of view. I’ve always thought that haiku can instruct us about life in the past, but as I hope to show you, senryū can give you a fascinating insight into the past.

It has also left me with a couple of historical events that I’ll bring you at some time in the future.

A reminder to make sure you are signed up to the Poetry Pea mailing as a very important email will be going out very, very soon, which if you write poetry, you will not want to miss.

Also a favour, if you could review the podcast, or like and share it with other poets that would be fantastic. Thank you.

Today I’m going to have a look at pre modern senryū.

At the end of my podcasts on senryū, and there will be a couple at least, I will have an essay for you. You lovely bunch who support the podcast with memberships will be sent a copy, but it will be available via buy me a coffee for everyone else to purchase.

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Issa and Buson members will get a copy of the poems featured today, but if you are not a member and you'd like to read them you can buy the next Poetry Pea journal, 3:24 out at the end of June. If you become a member in time you will receive it as one of the perks.

For links in todays Peacast do click here for the show notes.

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I was chatting to some of the editing team a little while ago and they mentioned that the submissions for Toriawase were really accomplished, so thank you to Joshua for supplementing our knowledge and to all you poets who sent us poems as a result of his prompts. Today, I’m going to read a selection of them to you…

Don't forget there will be more in the Poetry Pea Journal 2:24. Make sure you are signed up for our newsletter to find out when it's published. You don't want to miss it.

Here's a link to the show notes.

If you'd like to feature on the podcast and in the Poetry Pea bi-monthly journal, you can go to the Poetry Pea YouTube channel and leave your poem in the comments. You can submit as often as you'd like and Linda will read them and choose her favourites to feature.

There's one every month except December and the submission period is open all month.

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Thanks to Alex for hosting of this episode and to our lovely poets:

• Antoinette Cheung
• Nicky Gutierez
• Carly Siegel Thorp
• Ari Azimuth aka Brown Weasel
• Ryland Li
• Matt Snyder, one of Poetry Pea's Renga masters
• Yvette Nicole Kolodji
• Edward Cody Huddleston

Their bio's are in the show notes, their unpublished haiku will be in the next Poetry Pea Journal.

If you know them, do let them know how brilliantly they did.

• more examples of poems by the disciples of the master haiku poet Basho
• illustrations of the single object method of writing
• an answer to the the question: all hokku are single object poems, aren't they?

You may not agree, in which case, let me know.

Hope you enjoy the poetry, it's always lovely to hear poetry spoken aloud, isn't it?

How to write single object haiku & senryu poetry and get your work published using a variety of techniques

• Reversing expectation
• Toriawase
• Using senses
• Sketch from life
• Looking beyond the boundary
• Yūgen

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You can submit haiku & senryū for this topic to Poetry Pea May 1-15 2024.

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We discuss:

• What’s your writing process?
• Do you sometimes have periods when your need to unlock your creativity?
• What his process and website can offer you in your journey to become a better writer

Whether you write poetry or prose, there's something for you.

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• Harry Potter
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Winnie the Pooh

An opportunity for poets to let their haiku imaginations run riot.

Five judges join Patricia to choose their favourite of the original poems. Will you agree with them?

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• Culture
• Emigration
• Travel
• Interacting with other writers
• or other things.

Meet Indian poet, living in the US, Sangita Kalarickal.

Have a listen at poetrypea.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Then email me and let me know what influences you.

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• What Toriawase is
• How we can use it to improve all our poetry
• Gives us a recipe for haiku punch, available on the website

Join us for a poetry drinking game, you can drink tea, I will!

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What happened to German haiku poetry after the second world war?

What is the inner emmigration movement in literature?

Listen to haiku poetry in English and German.

Be inspired to write some poems of your own.

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• When did haiku come to Europe
• What did it look like
• Would we recognise it as haiku today
• What book was published in 1939 that had an impact

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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.

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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.poetrypea.com

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poetrypea.com presents a podcast of original poetry, haiku and senryu. Our Judges, haiku experts, offer analyses of their favourite poems. Patricia reminds you of all the ways you can get your writing published at Poetry Pea. Do come along, listen and perhaps next time you will submit to us and hear your poems on our podcast.

Hope you learn along with me and this workshop will increase your chances of having your submissions accepted.

The workshop will answer these questions and more:

• What resources do you have in your writer's workbox?
• Should you write about events straight away?
• What is important in crafting a haiku?