• S7E13 Spoken Poetry from the Anthology To Live Here

    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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    18m | Mar 25, 2024
  • S7E12 Meet the Heron: Original spoken Poetry

    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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    7m | Mar 18, 2024
  • S7E11 Poetry Pea Reading American Poet Kristen Lindquist- Island

    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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    33m | Mar 11, 2024
  • S7E10 Ghosts of Haiku featuring US poet Craig Kittner

    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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    1h 8m | Mar 4, 2024
  • S7E9 Harry Potter meets the wolf twenty years hence - poetry spoken here

    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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    50m | Feb 26, 2024
  • S7E8 Poetry out loud Haiku in a Flash

    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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    11m | Feb 19, 2024
  • S7E7 Sangita Kalarickal reads from her Poetry Book Mamina and we discuss the influences on her work

    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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    47m | Feb 12, 2024
  • S7E6 Having fun with Toriawase, a poetry masterclass

    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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    38m | Feb 4, 2024
  • S7E5 German haiku poetry after the second world war. A case study in English

    poetrypea.com presents a podcast looking at:

    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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    32m | Jan 29, 2024
  • S7E4 Haiku comes to Europe, a case study of Germany, in English

    poetrypea.com presents a workshop.

    • 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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    20m | Jan 22, 2024
  • S7E3 George Swede goes beyond with his poetry

    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.

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    38m | Jan 15, 2024
  • S7E2 Poetry Pea Readings: George Swede pt 1- The Way a Poem Emerges

    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.

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    52m | Jan 8, 2024
  • S7E1 Happy Poetry New Year... A new season begins

    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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    15m | Jan 1, 2024
  • S6E44, Original Poetry, haiku and senryu using Zoka

    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.

    52m | Dec 17, 2023
  • S6E43, Haikai, Honkadori and Honzetsu, the Finale - allusive variation in poetry

    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.

    21m | Dec 10, 2023
  • S6E42 Haikai, Honkadori, & Honzetsu, part 2, allusive variation in poetry

    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.

    29m | Dec 3, 2023
  • S6E41 Haikai, Honkadori and Honzetsu, part 1

    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.

    19m | Nov 26, 2023
  • S6E40 Poetry Pea Does Renku

    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.

    41m | Nov 19, 2023
  • S6E39 Poetry from our Prompts from South Africa to the flying Swans of Scotland

    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.

    11m | Nov 12, 2023
  • S6E38 Haibun nominated for Poetry Awards

    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.


    17m | Nov 5, 2023
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