Powered by RedCircle It’s our birthday. Can you believe that we are going into our 8th year? Seven full years and have things changed here at Pea Towers? Well some things have changed, I’m older, but more healthy so
S7E37 Tanka Poetry – The Reforms
Powered by RedCircle Last time I outlined the development of waka, prior to the late 1800s and gave you some idea as to why waka was becoming a disappointing art. I left you with the promise that this time
S7E36 The Poetry that is Waka
Powered by RedCircle The next couple of months I’m going to intersperse our haiku and senryu poetry podcasts with podcasts about tanka, because we’re going to have a go at writing them in November 2024. Today I’m looking at
S7E35 Poetry The Senryū Way, part one
Powered by RedCircle Today’s poetry is our very first senryū only edition of the poetry pea podcast. If you don’t know what senryū is, and it is a bit tricky to define in one sentence, please go and have a
S7E32 Poetry Uncensored – senryū with bite
Powered by RedCircle Many of you will already know of the passing of the lovely Deborah P Kolodji, who you have heard from numerous times on the podcast, her poetry, her analyses, her workshops. She was a fabulous writer and
S7E31 Poetry Across the Water New York – Dublin
Powered by RedCircle This week you can hear the poems chosen from the Poetry Pea Video prompt from June. Have you left your poetry in the comments this month? You’ll find it on the Poetry Pea YouTube channel. Thanks to
S7E26 Single Object Haiku & Senryū Poetry
Powered by RedCircle Today we have oodles of original poetry, haiku and senryū, written by you about one single object. Much like beauty, the object is often in the eye of the author and the reader and so some of
S7E23 Premodern Senryū Poetry
Powered by RedCircle Over the next month or so I’ll be looking at senryū. At why senryū are often seen as a lesser form of poetry, at senryū in the pre modern era in Japan, ie. pre 1868 and how
S7E22 Haiku Poetry for Knights
Powered by RedCircle This week poetrypea.com presents you with the haiku & senryu poems chosen by Linda to feature on the Podcast from the Poetry Pea YouTube prompt. There’s one every month (except December). Issa and Buson members will get