A companion podcast to S7E14. This podcast by Poetry Pea offers:

• 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?

On this podcast from Poetry Pea you will learn:

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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featuring the UK poet, Katherine E Winnick. Poetry Pea presents the Anthology To Live here, published by Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, proceeds of which go to charity. Show notes.

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This week Poetry Pea features some original haiku from the February video prompt on The Poetry Pea YouTube channel. If you'd like to feature please add your poetry to the comments on the latest video prompt on YouTube. There's some exciting news for all you poets and writers out there.

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Is this a tourism advert for Monhegan Island off the coast of America? No, it's a reading from one of Maine's premier short form poets. A master of haiku, Kristen Lindquist illustrates her prowess in the haibun form too in her reading from her latest book, Island. The book is inspired by Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine.

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Poetrypea.com has a visit from Craig Kittner at Ghosts on Vacay. We discuss many, many writing topics, but why should you listen?

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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Poetry Spoken here: Today poetrypea.com presents a podcast of original haiku and senryu alluding to other pieces of literature for example:

• 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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There are few things better in life than listening to poetry. This podcast from poetrypea.com brings you haiku and senryu written for the video prompt on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel (you submit by writing your poem in the comments... there's a prompt every month, except December) AND our latest successful flashku, more wonderful haiku and senryu from Poetry Pea's listeners and viewers. Poets on our mailing list are invited to submit to this spontaneous call out for poetry and then we celebrate by listening to them and reading them in the Poetry Pea Journal... these will be in Journal 1:24. Check the website to see how to download it.

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What influences your writing?

• 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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poetrypea.com presents the American poet Joshua Gage, one of editing team at Cuttlefish books who tells us:

• 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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