Welcome to episode 22 of the second series of the haiku pea podcast.
Today’s podcast is special, it’s a podcast on the theme of men.
Why did I decide on this topic? Around about this time last year, if you remember, we created a podcast on the theme of women, actually, episode 36 of the first series, and I thought it was important to add some balance so this year we’re writing about men.
I know this has been a difficult topic, many of you have written to tell me so but as with the other topics we have worked on together this year you’ve done a splendid job and I think I ended up with more submissions on this topic than any of the others for this year. Thank you so much to everyone who has submitted their work it’s been a pleasure reading it. A quick reminder that the topic for December is Ekphrastic verse, haiku or senryu deadline is fast approaching, the 9th of December. (Email submissions only please).
As usual I’ll start with pieces of work that have been published elsewhere, then we shall hear from poets new to the podcast, and last and definitely not least, from our regular contributors.
The Touch of a Moth. The 35th Annual Haiku Canada Members’ Anthology
white angora
on his navy jacket
last dance
Sheila M Ross
me and You, haiku of love and loss
KaDo Ottowa, 2010
Failed Haiku 31 Aug 2018
on a quiet lake
grandfather’s fishing tales
I was hooked.
m shane pruett
under the basho, modern haiku, november 17, 2018
he’s so controlling
he wants to pick out
her next husband
wendy c. bialek
Read in an article by Ferris Gilli
40th birthday —
he leaves just beginning
to change color
Timothy Hawkes
Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology
a wrist too thin
for father’s watch
deer trail
Glenn G Coats
Prune Juice Issue 29
farm to table
a cow patty
sticks to daddy’s boot
Terri L. French
also in August
I discuss with my husband
closing windows
Antonietta Losito
Bones – journal for contemporary haiku
no. 18
Heidi’s grandad
I speak no dialect
to deaf ears
Bisshie
Now let me introduce some poets to you that we’ve not heard from before.
**Jason Richardson
all those strong white men
easily stirred and bitter
best after a meal
Bio:
Jason Richardson explores landscapes and ephemera in various media. His audio, video and text featured in the recent exhibition, ‘Earthwords and Soundscaping,’ at Griffith Regional Art Gallery in New South Wales, Australia. As part of that event he published Earthwords, an innovative book that merges the haiku tradition with the cut-up technique. Copies are available for US$15, including postage. Email: sauce@bassling.com Previously Jason curated the haiku-themed ‘Crossing Streams’ exhibition in collaboration with Naviar Records in Narrandera during 2017.
**Barbara Carlson
stepping from the shower
watching his life disappear
foggy mirror
twitter @blkbtrfly6
blog
SHORT BIO
Barbara Carlson has written over 300 haiku since retiring from teaching. She thinks it’s fun to edit books, travel, solve puzzles, and whitewater raft. Skydiving in tandem remains on the bucket list. A Southern California native, she is now moving to New Mexico from South Carolina.
** Nadejda Kostadinova
apologizing
for not giving me his seat
an old man
Bio:
Since then in January 2019 I received honors in the 6th National December contest organized by the Bulgarian Haiku association. In February I participated in the haiku challenge NaHaiWriMo in Bulgarian and with this I got my first haiku published in a Bulgarian magazine for arts and literature.
My first English appearance was in June 2019 in tinywords.com, and since then I have had haiku and short poems published in Asahi Haikuist Network, FemkuMag, Hedgerow, The Bamboo Hut, Failed Haiku, Incense Dreams, English Speaking Union of Japan – Haiku (ESUJ-H) and several times my haiku has been in the selection list of the weekly challenge of the Haiku Foundation/Haiku Dialogue.
**D V Rozic
on the window –
her gardener watering
the setting sun
love his English
the way he says
double-u
Bio:
Djurdja Vukelic Rozic was born in 1956 in Croatia. Writer and translator, she is the principal editor of haiku print magazine IRIS and webzine IRIS International in English. She works within the Haiku Association Three Rivers, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, which she founded with her husband, haiku poet as well and some haiku pals in her town. For her short stories, poetry and haiku she received many a award and recognition at home and abroad. IRIS can be downloaded free
**Pat Geyer
hiding in
the fringes of his youth…
buckskin shirt
Bud’s new life…
daggers in her eyes
shoot green
Bio:
With a degree from Mount Aloysius College, she spent her professional career in Sales & Marketing. She did a great deal of work in the preparation of publications. And, was lucky enough to do a bit of travel.?? After a few physical set backs, about fifteen years ago she started writing and photographing daily.
Today, Pat and her husband Ray live in East Brunswick, NJ, USA. Her home is surrounded by the parks and lakes where she finds her inspiration in Nature. Published in several journals, she is an amateur photographer and poet.
**Isabella Kramer
deep roots
the rat on his head
turns round & round
abandoned backyard
the half-smile of a goblin
in the darkest corner
Bio:
Isabella Kramer lives with her husband and two cats at Lower Saxony, North Germany near Hannover. For years, she has been a passionate Poet, Author, commercial Photographer and Painter.
She published her first book with German poems “weniger bis meer”, and also contributed to several anthologies.
You can read her cheritas, free verses, haiku, haiga, tanka and senryus at:
Blog
Blog
and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
Her book : – weniger bis meer – veredit-iertes
** Poga Humayun Dundiwala
combo human
with x and y chromosomes
Man
Bio:
I use pen name Poga Humayun Dundiwala for my writings, I am a male of Bangladeshi origin.
I am Fifty three years old, I am self employed.
**Alison Breewood
the fisherman’s line
catching the morning sun
a spider’s web
Bio:
I live in Scotland. I have been writing haiku on and off for about six years. I like nothing more than going on a ginko in search of a haiku and I write in the shasei tradition, each haiku becoming a souvenir of a real experience. I tend to follow a phrase and fragment structure but I also love the use of the pivot line to meld two separate images together with a common third image.
I tweet some of my haiku (@AlisonBreewood) and I sometimes make hand-stitched booklets as gifts to my family.
Twitter @AlisonBreewood
**Michelle Pratt
his evolution
gratifying all women
dishes washed and dried
ripply muscles
a jagged mountain range
to climb
Twitter @Lundybreeze
Michelle Pratt is a native to Southern California and just recently became inspired by a friend to start writing short stories, poems and haiku. She very much enjoys her new creative outlet and draws her inspiration from nature and personal life events.
Now let’s welcome back regular members of our community and hear what they have created for us today.
Peter Draper
an old man
browsing cheap wine–
tasselled shoes
she’s away
for a few days
the seat’s up
white van
in the poppy field
three hi-viz jackets
James Young
when he is alone
a man is not a man
but his person
how many light bulbs
does it take to change a man?
oh come on!
Twitter: @BaitTheLines
John Hawkhead
he/him
the tedious journey
to the same old thing
late drive home
what she wanted to say
caught in his glare
John’s twitter account @HawkheadJohn
John’s book “Small Shadows” available at Alba Publishing
Andrew Syor
women’s complexness
balance men’s simplicity
unquestionably
Christina Chin
men auction
the rainforest
going going gone
bournemouth square
the old man busks
I kick up my heels
Blogger is an ongoing scheduled blog of my featured and published haiku.
Kim Russell
why chromosome
makes all the difference
fallen fig leaf
Publications:
The Emma Press: Anthology of Aunts and Second Place Rosette.
The dVerse Poets anthology, Chiaroscuro – Darkness and Light
Twitter: @kim88110
Hifsa Ashraf
Sunday on call
the woodpecker knocks
at the window
sole breadwinner
his pockets stuffed
with free coupons
Short stories: published in a UK based English magazine
Katherine E Winnick
a gentleman
erotic and statuesque
passing my way
Twitter @thewovenwords
Pearl
dark feathers
the blackbird
invokes night
windy day
he watches
her dress
Instagram “3_liner”
Richard Bailly
Born with a trumpet
Called to play with Gabriel
Marching with the Saints
king of human rights
flawed yet motivational
sacrificial lamb
fantasy führer
laughter and holocaust mix
incompatible
inspired by JoJo Rabbit
David Oates
holding the baby
carefully placing his feet
away from my groin
no grandchildren
he plays peekaboo
with a strange toddler
Twitter: @witnwords1
David’s Website
David’s book “The Deer’s Bandana” at Brick Road Poetry Press
m shane pruett
a kingfisher scolds
from the river bridge
old men laughing
night fishing
the silence we shared
crossing no lines
Twitter @HaikuMyBrew
David A Estringel
We walk on four legs
two legs, three legs, none.
Metamorphosis of death
His feature-length collection of poetry and prose Indelible Fingerprints (Alien Buddha Press) that is now available on Amazon.com.
His website is called david a. estringel
Twitter – @The_Booky_Man
Facebook
Instagram
Robert Horrobin
kneeding
an old racist’s knees
the black cat
father’s day
too late to tell him
Roberta Beach Jacobson
slow dance
he whispers his password
into my ear
argument so loud
he fails to hear
her heartbeat
unable to mend
all the nets
lone fisherman
Thorsten Neuhaus
fishermen a gathering of scales
grindstone
recalling my uncle’s voice
in the workshop
Twitter Totto@thoneuhaus
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Cyrille Soliman
many fallen leaves
a man and his toddler
nightshift
Mineko Takahashi
a man’s night skin
the warmth of the bed
a new moon
a boy in a man
picking up the ball lost
in withered green
Instagram sites teaching Japanese Idioms “your_private_japanese_tutor” and “ur_japanese_tutor” which teaches Japanese characters
FB account @yourjapanesetutor which discusses many facets of the language from the viewpoint of a foreign learner.
Elancharan Gunasekaran
a woman is your equal
a woman is your equal
a woman is your equal
…
comfort her
protect her
then call yourself a man
His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press, UK), Gods of the Gonzo (Analog Submission Press, UK), The Cosmosnaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks, New York), Sleeping with Wildflowers (Alien Buddha Press, Arizona/New York), Deviant Flames and Dark Revolver (Roman Books, India/UK).
Marilyn Ward
his large ears the barbers new haircut
Mersey Tunnel…
i see to the end
of his yawn
Mark Gilbert
male chaffinch the short attention span of the
cracked pane
the swelling
in the waiting room
Vandana Parashar
wedding stage
papa holds my hand
before the groom does
single dad
all the clips on her hair
mismatched
Marion Clark
feeling bad
about forging his signature–
mother-in-law’s birthday
November rain . . .
his head cold much worse
than mine
Facebook page marion.clarke.7
Blog “Creative Reflections” featuring her art and writing
Twitter @MarionSClarke
s zeilenga
a delay between
the lightning and the thunder
— he flashes a smile
Twitter @ruralitalics
Jonathan Roman
sea change
the swell of every chest
when she enters
iceberg
most of him
will stay submerged
His book Deeper Into Winter. It’s a collection of haiku, haiga, and haibun written in and about Iceland.
My website is www.jonathanroman.com
Twitter and Instagram: @deft_notes
** Poets new to the podcast
