Haiku Chronicles
Haiku Chronicles is designed to provide a better understanding and appreciation of the art of Haiku and its related forms including senryu, renku, tanka, haibun and haiga. In these podcasts, poets Alan Pizzarelli and Donna Beaver will discuss the origins and poetic principles of these poetic forms in the English language, featuring poems by the most prominent poets of the genre.
Episodes
VIDEO EPISODE: A ginko walk with docents Art and Ann Muto along the coast of Point Lobos in Monterey, California. The video includes haiku by poets inspired by the journey on the trail and those who attended our virtual ginko at Haiku North America 2021.
Join us to celebrate African American haiku with special guest poet, Crystal Simone Smith. Featuring readings by Crystal, Lamont B. Steptoe, L. Teresa Church, Gideon Young, Lenard Moore, and Valeria Bullock.
To kick-off, National Poetry Month enjoy a delightful reading of haibun (haiku prose) by our special guest Welsh poet, Lew Watts.
Listen in and bug out with poet, naturalist, and Educator, Jeff Hoagland, who shares his presentation “Crawling with Insects” at the Haiku North America Conference 2019 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Plus, a reading of favorite bug haiku.
Video Episode: Join us in the forests of Washington state for a nature walk with poet and naturalist, Ruth Yarrow at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway (2014). The Haiku Getaway is an annual retreat held every October and sponsored by the poetry group, Haiku Northwest. The video ends with a few poems by Ruth Yarrow, followed by a selection of haiku by other poets at the Getaway.
Come fly with us in celebration of our feathered friends the birds with special guests, poems, bird calls, music, and humor that is strictly for the birds.
Host and poet Alan Pizzarelli wrote this haiku in the mid-1990's. Since 9/11 in 2001, this haiku has resonated with an added meaning for many readers. Let us not forget, the memory of our peaceful world, before that horrible day and make for a more peaceful future.
The video footage is one of the twin towers reflecting pools and falls at the 9/11 Memorial. Each of the falls sits within the footprint where the Twin Towers once stood...
Poets/Teachers Tom Painting and Arlie Parker offer invaluable insights into the art of teaching haiku to students in the schools. Guests include Henry Brann and Robin Palley from the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association. A must for all teachers and haiku aficionados.
VIDEO EPISODE: This video short exhibits classic concrete poetry, from the Calligrammes of Apollinaire, the mouse’s tail in Alice; the worldwide concrete “renaissance” of the early sixties, featuring works by Eugen Gomringer, Emmett Williams, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Mason Williams, Aram Saroyan and others, all the way to contemporary visual, animated, and kinetic concrete poetry (including haiku) by poets such as Marlene Mountain, Ani...
VIDEO EPISODE: A poetic journey to the Northwest Coast of Alaska, land of the totems and the Tlingit Indians. A visual story with totemic imagery and words honoring the Raven clan and the “potlatch.”
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NOTE: The “potlatch” is a ceremonial gathering for spiritual healing and removal of grief for the loss of an honored clan member. It begins with gathering traditional foods and creating regalia (Chilkat robes, button blankets, h...
Join us for a lighthearted fun episode in observance of “Bad Poetry Day.” Al and Donna discuss three books that fit the occasion. Spoiler Alert! Not ALL of the poems are bad.
In memoriam of poet Carlos Colón (1958-2016) from our Haiku Chronicles “MINI KU” series, “Celebrating Poets on the Road.”
Donna and Al share mini poems and mini poetry readings on the road with their Mini Cooper.
Don’t miss this powerful performance by tanka poet, Mariko Kitakubo reading from her book, “Indigo” at the Poets House in New York City, July 30, 2016.
Alan Pizzarelli shares a letter from Professor Harold G. Henderson written to him in 1971. From his talk at the 2014 Seabeck Haiku Getaway in Seabeck, Washington.
Harold G. Henderson (1889-1974) was a Japanese scholar and author of The Bamboo Room (1933) which became the revised version, An Introduction to Haiku (1958), the first notable works on modern English-language haiku. Henderson’s papers were given to the New York Public Li...
Sensei Akito Arima talks about haiku education in schools and retaining one’s originality in the art of haiku poetry.
Outtake from Episode 25: Ginko - A Conversation with Dr. Akito Arima. Recorded on the Monterey Peninsula's "Refuge by the Sea" - Asilomar State Beach and Conference, California.
Part 2 of 2: An inspiring education on the art of haiga with Ion Codrescu, a Romanian-born poet, artist, essayist and educator.
PART 1 of 2: An inspiring education on the art of haiga with Ion Codrescu, a Romanian-born poet, artist, essayist and educator.
Haiku Chronicles is proud to present a film produced by Kala Ramesh
HaikuWALL India —an attempt to bring haiku into everyday spaces.
Poet, Kala Ramesh has been instrumental in bringing school kids and undergrads to haiku in India. Her latest passion is to paint city walls with haiku written by her students, helping to weave a pause, a breather into hectic lives.
"One way of making poetry into action is through graffiti. While graff...
To celebrate National Poetry Month and the 6th Anniversary of Haiku Chronicles, we invite you to enjoy our latest video short for Poem In Your Pocket Day.
Introducing our new series, “Haiku Chronicles Video Shorts.” In this ...
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