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Hello and welcome to the haiku pea podcast. I’m Patricia and I’m still social distancing in Switzerland, probably like most of you, but at least here, as I record this podcast, there are signs that things are improving.
This week the topic for you lovely poets to write about was Afternoon break. If you are coming to this podcast some time in the future, in real time, we are in the throes of Covid 19 and Afternoon breaks might temporarily be a thing of the past, unless you live with me. My husband and I have a routine established whilst he is working from home whereby we try and have a little break morning and afternoon and a proper lunch time. How about you? How are you reacting to working from home, if that is what you have been forced to do?
Today’s theme was suggested by Craig Kittner, thanks Craig. When he proposed it, it brought to mind a poem by Rupert Brooke, The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, which he wrote whilst in Berlin in 1912, thinking about his own home in the UK. I wonder if he had any idea of what was to come? Thankfully he would have had no idea that the war would bring about his own demise?
It ends like this:
Say, is there Beauty yet to find?
And Certainty? and Quiet kind?
Deep meadows yet, for to forget
The lies, and truths, and pain? … oh! yet
Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?
I wrote this for him;
a return to old habits…
tea and scones at three
jam not honey
Bisshie
Now as usual I would like to start with previously published work and then turn to work specially written for us, first from poets from whom we’ve not heard and then to some favourite poets. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to today’s podcast. I’m looking forward to the next one already. May is monoku and there is still time to get your verse to me. The deadline is May1st. If you know poets who have not contributed before, ask them to send their work.
Previously published
prairie thunder
I braid my sister’s hair
with corn silk
Highly Commended, 2019 New Zealand Poetry Society Competition
Debbie Strange
at the height
of the argument the old couple
pour each other tea
George Swede
Haiku in English The first 100 years edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, Allan Burns
afternoon rain
in the second-hand bookstore
the smell of old paper
Tim Murphy – Frogpond 43.1
afternoon sunlight
in the mail
your haiku
Joette Giorgis
Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson
And now especially for us, some afternoon breaks from our own writers community:
butterfly
on a swaying daffodil-
power nap
**Nisha Raviprasad
Twitter: @NishaRaviprasad
afternoon break
we chew over mansplaining
comebacks
**Rashmi VeSa
Rashmi VeSa first discovered Japanese short forms of poetry during the summer of 2018. She lives in Bengaluru ,India.
Twitter: @RashmiVeSa
a burst of sun
when the clouds move away
more lavender
**Deborah P Kolodji
Deborah is the California Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America and on the Board of Directors for Haiku North America. She has published over 1000 haiku and her first full length book, “highway of sleeping towns” won a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award from The Haiku Foundation. Congratulations Deborah.
Deborah can be found on:
Twitter @dkolodji
Facebook
scented tea –
tasting the first pages
of a book
**Daniela Misso
Daniela Misso, is a haiku poet who lives in a medieval village in Umbria, Italy, where enjoys observing nature. She has had some haiku published in Italian anthologies as well as journals, blogs, and e-zines worldwide.
Facebook
She is present in the Italian volume Haiku “Tra meridiani e paralleli V stagione”.
breezin’ ruffles leaves
whistlin’ Kansas wind whispers
spirit vocals roar
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Wayne Kingston
Wayne’s third volume of poetry, Pillow Talk Soliloquy, is currently listed on Amazon.com. Previous volumes (Eclectic Discernment, Listen Small) are also available, and on Barnes and Noble as well.
afternoon break
sipping coffee
with freshly brewed gossip
Anjali Warhadpande
I have published a poetry book ‘Ode to reality’, a book of short stories,’The innocuous kiss and other short stories’ and young fiction ‘Summer of ‘72 sunny side up’. Writing for me is an on going process and there are more books in the pipeline. I like to describe myself as a homemaker who writes fiction but is a poet at heart!
coming of spring
thick layer of butter
in my cup of tea
Mafizuddin Chowdhury
echo
the boat horn
for noon shift
Christina Chin
WordPress
Blogger is an ongoing scheduled blog of my featured and published haiku.
Twitter@Christina_haiku
tea and scones
in the Orchard Grantchester
ten to three
James Young
It seems that James and I were thinking along the same lines!
Twitter: @BaitTheLines
medical website
Blog
Blog
Photography
a cloud burst –
protestors storm
the coffee shop
Dorothy Burrows
Twitter @rambling_dot
noon sun. . .
the chestnut cat
stretches my yawn
R Suresh Babu
after the bell
dust and silence settle
empty classroom
Kim Russell
Kim’s website
Publications:
The Emma Press: Anthology of Aunts and Second Place Rosette.
The dVerse Poets anthology, Chiaroscuro – Darkness and Light
Twitter: @kim88110
dieting
is overrated –
strawberry cupcake
Tiffany Shaw Diaz
rose trellis
the in and out
of possibilities
Marilyn Ward
afternoon break
selecting tonight’s
fairy tale
Richa Sharma
Twitter @bluelakemoon
stippled sunlight
a wasp’s antennae tapping
at the jam jar lid
John Hawkhead
Twitter @HawkheadJohn
John’s book “Small Shadows” available at Alba Publishing
sidewalk cafe
people stroll
into my poems
Jonathan Roman
His book Deeper Into Winter. It’s a collection of haiku, haiga, and haibun written in and about Iceland.
website
Twitter and Instagram: @deft_notes
strained eyes
re-adjusting to
the horizon
Constance Bourg
daytime moon
i figure out
who’s the killer
Kristen Lindquist
Book of Days haiku blog
Twitter: @mainekestrel
stretching my legs
that brisk walk
to the vending machine
Tracy Davidson
Twitter: @tracydavidson27
Instagram: @tracydavidson27
dead noon
I watch a rerun of
Bones
Neelam Dadhwal
Twitter: @neelamdadhwal,
Instagram: @neelamdadhwal
blogs at PrismofJoy (Blogger)
the aroma
of hot chocolate fills the air
contentment
Katherine E Winnick
Twitter @thewovenwords
afternoon break —
she writes fragrant haiku
under the blossoms
Goran Gatalica
The Haiku Foundation Author page
NHK World
NHK World
First Basho-an International Haiku Competition in Tokyo, Japan.
daydreaming
a bee headbutts
the window pane
Robert Horrobin
afternoon break
the weight of silence
in the classroom
Muskaan Ahuja
a walk through
an English garden
her afternoon tea
Linda L Ludwig
sultry afternoon
the roads as empty
as my mind
Vandana Parashar
Her Chapbook “I am”
afternoon break –
the seagull and I
stretch our wings
Isabel Caves
afternoon rain
a yellow leaf falls
into the recycling bin
Jay Friedenberg
Book:
Poems From the Front: A Haiku History of the Second World War
elemental
chrysanthemum
the sun leans
to the west
Pearl
Instagram “3_liner”
benches in the sun
one after another walking sticks
and beers
Nadejda Kostadionva
water cooler crowd
dawdling chatting relaxing-
all while work piles up
Ian Speed
brief respite from
sixteen hour covid shift
power napping
Richard Bailly
Twitter @RitchieVan44
flocks of cranes
in snow-dusted fields . . .
our idle chatter
Debbie Strange
Debbie maintains a publication and award archive which also includes reviews of her books and hundreds of haiga and tanka art.
Twitter @Debbie_Strange
Instagram @debbiemstrange.
spring mynah
rejects bread crumbs
there goes my lunch
Elancharan Gunasekaran
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).
afternoon walk:
two women relax on bench
exchanging tension
Professor R K Singh
Latest book:
THERE’S NO PARADISE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS TANKA AND HAIKU. It is now available on Amazon.
GOD TOO AWAITS LIGHT (tanka and haiku, September 2017, published by Cholla Needles, Joshua Tree, California)
GROWING WITHIN (regular poems, tanka and haiku, with translation into Romanian, published by Anticus Press, Constanta, Romania, December 2017).
His new collection available online (free) and awaiting a publisher:
green leaves unfurl
sighing warmth and jasmine
from my teapot
Hannah Hulbert
Twitter @hhulbert
wilting cherry blossoms
i pluck a dandelion
instead
Erin Castaldi
instagram @haiku_gurl
Facebook
Her book: “ Evensong On The Great Egg “, published by Moonstone Press.
The robin sings,
… and the memories
fade away
Tara Steciuk
twitter: @TaraSteciuk
Blog
children’s treasures —
they fill my pockets
with pinecones
s zeilenga
Twitter @ruralitalics
lunch with friends
all the fruit and nuts
from the birdseed
wendy c bialek
slippery path
unexpected break-
blue knee
Eva Drobna
afternoon walk
even the birds maintain
social distancing
m shane pruett
Twitter @HaikuMyBrew
and to conclude today’s episode a verse from rp verlaine, which could describe the scene in my neighbours garden…
pigeon feathers
all that is left when
the bread runs out
Rp Verlaine
Author’s page on Amazon
As ever I thank all of the poets who wrote for today’s episode, I am in awe of your work. Thank you so much. There’s still time to get your email submissions to me for the monoku episode, deadline May 1st. I have a community judge who is chomping at the bit to read what you send me.
Speaking of which, I’m very close to being able to let you know when you can get your hands on the first edition of the journal. If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, the form is on the poetrypea website, please do sign up, as I will be emailing everyone on the list with the news.
Thank you to everyone who comes along to listen, and to everyone who helps to spread the word about the podcast. I appreciate it very much.
These are weird and crazy times we are living through. I know some of you have had the virus, thankfully mild cases. May I wish you and your families a safe transition towards normality and remind you that if you are able and interested I’m still receiving 20 second videos for the poetrypea YouTube channel. The feed back has been positive and so I’ll continue with Pea TV Moments for another wee while. You can subscribe to the channel and little notifications of peace and joy will be sent to you.
So, until we chat again in a couple of weeks, take care of yourselves and your families and of course, keep writing…
