poetrypea.com presents the second part of Patricia's haiku & senryu chat with the well known Indian poet Kala Ramesh. This time we find out the stories behind her work and of course something about the techniques she uses. I hope you can hear the fun we had. Do leave a comment and tell your friends.

poetrypea.com presents the first part of a conversation with Kala Ramesh, we'll talk about how to read haiku, the Indian idea of oneness and how that translates to the Japanese idea of Zen, Kala's haiku projects, the importance of the cut in haiku, why Indian poets are so successful at writing haiku and so much more... hope you enjoy it, we had a blast putting this together for you.

Poetry Pea haiku podcasts and writing workshops presents Vandana Parashar reading primarily from her recent chapbook, Alone I Am Not. But this is more than a reading, it's an exploration of poetic technique and social topics, particularly pertaining to women. I hope you come along, enjoy the poetry and feel the passion behind the words. Show notes on www.poetrypea.com

poetrypea.com presents Michael Dudley reading his poetry from his book, Pilgrimage. Here's what people are saying about it:

Tom C: Great reading -presentation Michael and Patricia... nice to hear such precise articulation and care in the creation of your haiku.

Joe A: Quite impacted by this presentation. Mr. Dudley expresses many of the same thoughts I identify with in my personal poetic process.

Colette K: Thank you! Very inspiring.

Poetry Pea Readings from poetrypea.com presents a chat and a haiku reading with the Brooklyn poet Tyrone McDonald. If you have a book of haiku, senryu or haibun you would like to read to us, please get in touch, contacts on the website. Also available on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel.

This time on Poetry Pea Readings from poetrypea.com I'm joined by Nick Hoffmann, Lorraine A Padden, Sherry Grant, Eric Nicholson, Richard Bailly and Joshua St Claire for a reading of the latest Poetry Pea Renku,- Drinking moonshine. If you'd like to take part in a renku please email me and I'll get you involved. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this one.

In the spirit of the renku, we raise a glass to our absent friend Laughing Waters.

Today on the Poetry Pea Readings podcast from poetrypea.com, accomplished poet Kristen Lindquist reads to us from her latest book, It Always Comes Back. She gives insight into the writing process as well as getting published and if that wasn't enough she's going to make you smile...