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The Poetry Pea

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A Podcast, a YouTube channel, a Poetry Press. All about the Japanese short forms in the English language.

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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Oh wow that is a pleasant surprise ~ thank you for sharing that with me ~ dipped in praise my writing hand’s pen itches to walk your line
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Fancy yourself a word-wrangler of the five-line persuasion? We’re open for tanka submissions at the Poetry Pea Podcast & Journal. Send us your best! Deadline looms, 15th October...kettle’s on. ☕️ #tanka #micropoetry #haikucommunity #poetrysubmissionhttps://poetrypea.com/submissions-2025/
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Submissions 2025 – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Podcast out today... poetrypea.com/s8e40-poetry...
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S8E40 Poetry Pea’s International Dot Day Special – haiku and flashku fun – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If like me you were no fan of these little beings, this podcast might just change your mind. Thanks for sending us your work Clodagh.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How great to have you on board! Thank you for trusting us with your work.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Great poem Melissa! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I developed a greater appreciation of the little creatures through pieces like yours Mark.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Always a pleasure to read great poems Rebecca
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@oyoguhito.bsky.social first comment on today's poetry podcast Jim "The Jim Young piece = No. 1 placement. Brilliantly executed." thought you might like to read that! poetrypea.com/s8e40-poetry...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
oh do have a listen. Clodagh thank you for trusting us with your poetry.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
if you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise no teddy bear’s picnic, I’m afraid but creepy crawlies and flies Be brave… have a listen poetrypea.com/s8e39-creepy...
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S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Pleasure to feature you. Thanks to Amy who did a brilliant job. Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
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S8E38 Dancing with words: Tango, Spring and Fair Play – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Poems, prompts… and a pinch of poetry politics. 🎭 This week’s Poetry Pea Podcast features haiku, controversy, & a question for YOU about fairness in competitions. Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It’s #InternationalDotDay 🎨✨ A celebration of creativity, courage & connection. Poetry Pea invites you to try a Japanese-style short poem: pick a noun, write 3 lines about it (short-long-short, max 20 syllables). Reply with yours—top poems feature in our journal & podcast!
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It’s #InternationalDotDay 🎨✨ A celebration of creativity, courage & connection. Poetry Pea invites you to try a Japanese-style short poem: pick a noun, write 3 lines about it (short-long-short, max 20 syllables). Reply with yours—top poems feature in our journal & podcast!
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Full of excellent haibun, lovely to feature yours Robin.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
How to #Write a Superior #Poem. Great advice for all poets, but esepecially those who are submitting tanka to Poetry Pea for our October topic. Accompanies podcast S8E36 buymeacoffee.com/poetrypea/e/455806
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How to Write a Superior Poem
In this pdf I will talk you through the method of writing what Teika, a Japanese master of poetry, called a superior poem.At the end of this you should be able to write, or be well on the way to write
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🎥 Prompt: tango dancers. Put your verses in the comments on YouTube and you might be featured on the world number one english language haiku podcast, Poetry Pea. link ➡️ youtu.be/m2BsCR1ZkGc deadline 31st August #haiku #micropoetry #prompt
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Pea TV Video Prompt August 2025
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
✨ Haiku Call! ✨ This month’s video prompt: tango dancers in motion 💃🕺 Drop your haiku here — youtu.be/m2BsCR1ZkGc your verse could be featured on the Poetry Pea Podcast (the world’s #1 English-language haiku podcast) & in our journal! #haiku #poetrycommunity #tango #prompt
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Your creepy-crawly haiku won’t write itself. 3 days left B4 the deadline scurries under the skirting board. 🐜✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #PoetryCallOut #Micropoetry #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #submissions Deadline 15th August
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S8E27 Creepy Crawly Haiku – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
4 days left to submit your creepy-crawly haiku to Poetry Pea before the deadline wriggles away. Don’t miss the feast... 🪳✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions
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S8E27 Creepy Crawly Haiku – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Only 5 days left to send us your creepy-crawly haiku before the deadline scuttles off. Don’t get caught in the web. 🕷️✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
“Zōka: the power of becoming.” Our new episode is a live salon featuring readings from One Thread and reflections on haiku, creativity, and the natural world. 🌱 First-time event, many voices, one thread. 🎧 Listen now & join the conversation. poetrypea.com/s8e31-poetry... #haiku
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Celebrate Swiss National Day with haiku on alphorns and stunning poems from Swiss poets. 🐄🎶🌄
Listen now for a poetic journey through the Alps! 🎧https://poetrypea.com/s8e30-haiku-with-love-from-switzerland/ #Haiku #PoetryPodcast #SwissPoets #Alphorn #SwissNationalDay #PoetryPea #Micropoetry
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
So close to 1,000 #YouTube subs I can hear the algorithm breathing. Be my hero. Help me to the realm where thumbnails sparkle & algorithms whisper your name. Subscribe before the gods change their minds. Like and repost, pls. youtube.com/@PoetryPea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🐛🕷️ Creepy Crawlies Have Reentered the Chat…we’re getting under your skin with a fresh collection of haiku & short form poetry inspired by creatures that wriggle, buzz, crawl, and fly.🎧 Tune in & get writing for August's Creepy Crawly submission. poetrypea.com/s8e29-all-th...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Without zoka, there is no haiku… Zoka—the creative, the generative force that animates the universe, is the heartbeat of #haiku. What can haiku be when we allow transformation, transience, & seasonality to rise above static images/generic kigo. poetrypea.com/s8e26-theres...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
soon it will be invite time for the highly successful #haiku anthology "Little Marvels" from #Poetry Pea Press. If you are a #poet & want an invite to submit make sure you're on the mailing list. Do it NOW! poetrypea.com
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Join the Maguire clan for a bit of creepy crawly #Poetry. I couldn’t imagine spiders, bugs, butterflies & their little mates could be so inspiring. Get ready for a great poetry podcast. poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is inspirational... the wonderful #poet Lenard D Moore reads to us. What a poet, what special #poetry, what a voice. He'll be back. poetrypea.com/s8e23-the-po...
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S8E23 The Poet Lenard D Moore – Poetry Pea
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
soon it will be invite time for the highly successful #haiku anthology "Little Marvels" from #Poetry Pea Press. If you are a #poet & want an invite to submit make sure you're on the mailing list. Do it NOW! poetrypea.com
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Controversial... or not. Have a listen and tell me if you think I'm right not to nominate to the #Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Awards. There's lots of strong #poetry on here too. poetrypea.com/s8e22-poetry...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#submission time deadline 15th May...HAIBUN... check this out for a bit of help. poetrypea.com/submissions-...
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
'When you are old' by WB Yeats, read by Cillian Murphy. His soft musical Cork accent really add to this poem youtu.be/dEHjBPS21A8?...
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When You Are Old - W. B. Yeats read by Cillian Murphy | Powerful Life Poetry
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I did something on the number one #Haiku podcast this week that I don’t usually do. I was critical of an organisation. Which one? You’ll have to listen to find out… maybe you’ll agree, maybe you won’t. poetrypea.com/s8e18-how-to...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Morning folks! Did you know there's a new podcast from Poetry Pea out today? A guide to haibun... no clue what that is, have a listen and then read the guide that goes with it buymeacoffee.com/poetrypea/e/...
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What is haibun? A Guide.
Master the writing of haibun with this essay whichtells you the history of the poetric artformgives you powerful examples written by expertsguides you to write your own haibun
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Happy #internationalhaikupoetryday This week on the number one #haiku podcast you can hear award winning poems from the last five years of the Poetry Pea Journal. If you have some favourites, add them here...maybe they’ll be featured on a podcast. Celebrate with us. poetrypea.com/s8e16-celebr...
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S8E16 Celebrating International Haiku Day – Poetry Pea
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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It's not too late to submit #haiku and #tanka to @thepoetrypea.bsky.social. You have until tomorrow. I'm getting a late start, too. The podcast is really helpful, and the theme isn't grim. It's thought-provoking and beautiful.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Response to last week’s podcast, some poetry from Israel. “Truly an emotional journey with his poetry.” thks Linda and thks to Roman for his poetry. poetrypea.com/s8e15-a-read... join us
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Response to last week’s podcast, some #poetry from Israel. “Really moving, and as you mentioned, Patricia, educational!” thks Jenny and thks to Roman for his poetry. poetrypea.com/s8e15-a-read... join us
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Congratulations to us! We've been awarded the top #haiku #podcast by feed spot. Thanks to them and thanks to you for all your support. Love you! poetrypea.com
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Response to this week’s podcast, some poetry from Israel. “I am loving the image of a dragonfly in front of a crusader castle!” thks Melissa & thks to Roman for his poetry. poetrypea.com/s8e15-a-read... join us
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Don't miss out on news and offers from the number one #haiku podcast, #Poetry Pea... sign up for the mailing on our website poetrypea.com
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
More terrific original #Haiku #Poetry from our latest journal on the Poetry Pea Podcast this week. Have a listen to a couple of #poets @oyoguhito & @Tony-the-veg There’s more spoken poetry on the podcast and lots & lots of original poetry in the Journal… have a listen poetrypea.com/s8e14-a-whis...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
#prompt time on #Poetry Pea. Go to our #YouTube channel write your #haiku in the comments for the Video Prompt. You're running out of time, deadline 31 March. Successful poets will be featured on the number one haiku podcast & in the Poetry Pea Journal youtu.be/Xis-4NEBh_8
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Don't miss out on news and offers from the number one #haiku podcast, #Poetry Pea... sign up for the mailing on our website poetrypea.com
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Lots coming up to enjoy for #poets on the #Poetry Pea Mailing list. Sign up on the website and don't hang about in case you miss something...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
another original #poetry packed podcast this week #haiku from around the globe, this time speculative,- #scifi, & nominations for the judges choice awards… tell me what do you think? poetrypea.com/s8e13-origin...
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It is literally packed with fabulous #scifi #haiku. Thanks so much for submitting.
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The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A brilliant piece that changes in meaning every time I read it. Thanks for submitting.
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