Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms

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.

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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 come, but you can't be more embarrassed for me than I am myself. Enjoy the poetry.

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 be links in the show notes.

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.