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Well, I’m back from my holiday, refreshed and ready to go and what a treat, a podcast full of wonderful haiku and senryu written just for you and one that wasn’t…
Hello and welcome to the 14th Episode of the 4th series of this the haiku pea podcast. My name is Patricia and this month I’m joined by Lynne Jambor, Steve Ullom and Alex Fyffe who will give us their commentary on poems they have chosen from all the successful original submissions from selective realism, last month’s topic. It was lovely to have their company, and as always I learned something from each of them. I hope you will agree that having community judges is a really interesting part of these podcasts.
I must thank James Young, Robert Horrobin and Ronald K Craig for being my editors this month. It’s a great way to hone your own haiku skills, so if you would like to join the team, even if only for one month, let me know. You will be very welcome.
This month James, Robert and I have been joined by Vandana Parashar. If you haven’t sent us your yūgen submission get cracking, we are looking forward to reading them but the deadline the 20th of July, as I record this, tomorrow…
I thought you might be interested to know roughly how many submissions we get per month: I averaged out the last few months and found that we are receiving around 700 poems to read every month more or less. Inevitably this means I don’t get the replies out as fast as I used to but if you haven’t heard back by the 25th of the month you’ve submitted, please send me an email and ask if I received your work.
So let’s get cracking. I have to start with an apology to Rose, who’s poem I didn’t read last month when we were writing our poems to include the season, my apologies Rose:
with every gust of wind –
bougainvillea peeps
at my window.
Rose
Now I like to read poems each month which have been previously published, some I have read, some you have sent to me for consideration and this month I have these poems for you:
drought
the kestrel catches
a piece of sky
Debbie Strange, Highly Commended 2018 New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition
Today I’d like to ask Lynne Jambor to open this section of the podcast, the part where we listen to your original work, with her nomination for the Judge’s choice.
Lynne is the co chair for the Haiku North America conference taking place virtually in October this year. You can register to attend for free. I hope I’ll see you there.
Lynne Jambor’s Nomination for the Judges Choice
shadowy cliff
a single daisy
finds the sunshine
Bill Fay
Now on with the poetry:
10.56 minutes
mist clouds
the soft grey of seagulls
smacking the water
Kim Russell
twilight –
a fly on the moon
daisy
Chris Dean
bit of a breeze –
bearded tits balancing
on reeds
Dorothy Burrows
empty nest
the owl-shaped wind chime
hanging from a bare branch
Robert Witmer
in the garden labyrinth
a long string of slime
Eugeniusz Zacharski
gentle breeze –
a ginger bee swaying
on a catmint spire
Tony Williams
village well …
the tinkle of her bangles
after a splash
Teji Sethi
thunder …
popping in the blue sky
magnolia blossoms
Laughing waters
all day i hear
the rain drenched mango tree
drip dry
Joe Sebastian
out of season
potted freesias-
paying it forward
Dale Bennett
the shore
teems in marine life
…dead octopus
Willie R. Bongcaron
passing place
on the cemetery road
a squashed frog
Robert Horrobin
whistling passed
the old cemetery…….
the ghost of a breeze
Brett Brady
half-veiling
the mausoleum
cold sun
Richa Sharma
lantern light
becoming one
with the fog
Debbie Strange
glancing at the sky
the clothes pin in her teeth –
the shape of starlings
Deborah A Bennett
cool moon
first date’s kiss
among shivering leaves
Anna Yin
a line of hills runs
across length of summer sky
underlining blue
Gilly Pawson
beyond the swath cut by the mower
the life that struggles to flower
Craig Kittner
after the rain
the scurry of ants
Linda L Ludwig
losing its grip
on the leaf the raindrop
completes its journey
Bruce Bynum
under one umbrella
we share nothing
but the rain
Alvin Cruz
Let me interrupt the podcast to say a few more thank yous. This time for the coffees you bought me in June which allow me to finance the podcast. I’m saving for a new microphone at the moment. The one I have is starting to cause me problems when it comes to editing and recording.
Thank you so much to, EL Blizzard, Linda Ludwig, Carol Judkins, Tony Williams, Christa Pandey, Martin Cohen, Gilly Pawson, Chris Dean, Ron Craig, Robert Horrobin, Wendy Gent, Lorraine Padden, Curt Pawlish, Jason Furtak, Colette Cox, Melanie Vance. You helped me to pay for the soundcloud subscription and to start my microphone fund. Thank you.
I also received two lovely gifts from two members of our community: membership of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society thank you for this treasure, you know who you a… and Michael Dudley sent me a copy of his beautiful book pilgrimage, published by red moon press. It’s a book that invites you back to read it time and again.
You can purchase pilgrimage:
via Michael’s website
the website of Red Moon Press
and the website of Amazon
I also received some postcards from Linda Ludwig and Robert Horrobin which I love, thank you and some lovely pictures of life with the Clevelands from the haiku poet podcast.
I am one very lucky podcast host.
Now back to your splendid poetry.
evening traffic jam
ducks swaying across
the road
Minal Sarosh
summer rain
a cloud cat
in the puddle
Lakshmi Iyer
loon call
breaking the silence
after midnight
Richard Bailly
back road
a bullet hole guts
a deer-crossing sign
Kristen Lindquist
white water lilies
at pond’s edge goldfinches
rise into the maple
Cheryl Savageau
yellow warbler—
watching sunlight creep
leaf to leaf
m shane pruett
a frog jumps
lily pad to lily pad:
zapping the fly
Katherine E Winnick
a bird lands
on the budding branch
and takes a shit
Paul Engel
kettle pond
a bullfrog shatters
the floating star
Doris Lynch
koi pond
the garden gnome
missing his rod
Tracy Davidson
My gnome Norbert
flat tire
roadside daisies
in the breeze
Joshua Gage
cornflowers
how these frills mimic
those eyes
EL Blizzard
wind in the garden
the grass changes her hairstyle
spring love
Eva Drobna
head to head
the storm comes thundering in
wild swimming
James Young
endless summer
double dutch rope
hitting the hot pavement
Marilyn Ashbaugh
Bougainvillea petals on the streets
picturesque mural
Akhila Siva
riverbank
an elephant swigs a trunkful
of sunshine
Srinivas S
first raindrop
traces its path down the
opaque window
Mark Farrar
spring greens
the upturned beaks
of baby birds
Jay Friedenberg
left by last night’s rain an empty sky
Vandana Parashar
gusty monday
a gull flies by
sideways
Pam Joy
sudden squall:
blurs of black ducks
facing the same way
Richard Tice
after rain
millipedes curl up
grabbing damp leaves
Amrutha Prabhu
21.17 minutes
Steve Ullom’s Nomination for the Judges’ Choice
ivy
climbs the mail box post
long-awaited news
Ronald K Craig
Well since Steve recorded this commentary for you I have been in touch with Ronald. He says that he saw this as a Spring poem, how does that match with your thoughts?
ooze of mud
between the toes
iris
Allison Douglas- Tourner
a dewdrop
on the rose thorn
what holds it there
Neena Singh
plodding the towpath
the old nag nods her head
and I must agree
John Hawkhead
beyond the mountains
hidden in the bamboo trees
a panda bear sleeps
Andrew Markowski
walking path
amongst the rounded rocks…
a turtle lost
Rob McKinnon
outdoor dining
a fluttering monarch
crashes the party
Jackie Chou
the last flicker
of Dad’s cigar…
duskfall
David He
returning home
the keys in his pocket
heavy again
David Oates
a bright star
above the church domes
stillness
Natalia Kuznetsova
humming lullabies
petals falling one by one
Liran Kazmarek
picturesque from afar
smooth stone ankle attacks
steep mountain trail
Wayne Kingston
physiotherapy
the colours of clouds
on the way home
Giddy Nielsen Sweep
summit view
still seeking
the moon
Ravi Kiran
sultry night –
car tires screeching
by the window
Daniela Misso
layers of dust
on the mantelpiece
an unsolved puzzle
Arvinder Kaur
licking
the gravy spoon
taste of tarnish
Roberta Beach Jacobson
cold beer
in the sweltering heat
sweating
Christina Chin
week end guests
the scent of their salt
in the beach towels
Ron Scully
winter sunlight
a glass full of water
martin gottlieb cohen
swirling the moon
in a pond reflection…
white wine glass breaks
Pat Geyer
across a graveyard
of felled trees
distant blue hills
EL Forrest
29.15 minutes
Why not go to the poetry pea youtube channel and have a look at this month’s prompt. I was a bit late putting it up this month as I was on holiday, but it’s super and I’d love to read what you are inspired to write. Don’t forget to encourage the other poets who have written poetry for us.
sturgeon moon
swimmers bodysurf
the tidal bore
Michael Dudley
lonely village
the bell’s echo and me
leaving it together
Samo Kreutz
the moon
a single headlight
on a lonely road
Eve Castle
nestled between the mountains
the trekker
carves her name on the stone
Priti Khullar
beach umbrellas open
one by one –
garage sale
Melanie Vance
first fishing trip
learning how not to feel guilty
hooking a worm
Douglas J Lanzo
summer wildflowers
a stray black-eyed Susan
holds its ground
Deborah P Kolodji
doing nothing
a blackbird lands
on my lap
P H Fischer
after tea picking
pea berry her first
sip of flavor
S Radhamani
sand transformation
surprise and joy
in a child’s soul
Edita Striezencová
empty crossroads
red light
green light
Mark Gilbert
the ocean
takes care
of its shore
C.X. Turner
sonorous
the blackbird’s tail
beating time
Mike Gallagher
twilight train
barefooted children
run out to wave
Mimi Ahern
ballet moves –
in sync with waves
two dolphins
Devoshruti Mandal
transplanted to the city
from her family farm
bluebells
Nick Hoffman
sandalwood fragrance –
the inaudible rustle
of her kimono
Paul Callus
an ochre dawn
awakens
a cuckoo’s drowsy song
Anjali Warhadpande
playroom
the kitten shakes off
his tiara
Alex Fyffe
twirling pen
between her fingers
scattered words
Zahra Mughis
Alex Fyffe’s nomination for the judges’ choice:
coastal fog
the bridge
cut in half
Carol Judkins
Alex gave me an idea for next year, perhaps we should have a month of our most embarrassing haiku… what do you think?
Thank you so much to all our judges this month. Each of them have taken time out of their busy schedules to read all the successful submissions and make a considered choice. Their work is not finished though, we are going to debate which will be the judge’s choice and which will be the honourable mentions. You can find out what our conclusions were when the summer journal is published. I’m aiming for September.
Now as we come to the close of todays’ podcast I have lots of jobs for you to do:
- Register for the haiku north America conference, let’s all meet up there and have a great haiku time
- Send your submissions of yūgen to the podcast before the 20th of July 2021
- Last and not least head to the poetry pea youtube channel and write some haiku or senryu for this month’s prompt.
See you soon for more haiku and senryu, until then keep writing
If there’s anything missing, do email me and let me know.
Ciao
