
Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms
Hosted by Patricia and Patricia McGuire · Poetry Pea
4.8from 37 ratings
- 327
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms
Poetry Pea is a poetry podcast from www.poetrypea.com. It features haiku and senryu and other Japanese short form poetry. There are lots of free writing resources, workshops from experts, readings of original poetry, haiku and senryu, as well as prompts and writing exercises. You can submit your haiku or senryu to Patricia and be featured on the podcast and in the Poetry Pea Journal. Let’s write together.
- Publisher
- Poetry Pea
- Category
- arts · education · health & fitness · leisure · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Oct 2017
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 327 episodes have a transcript.

12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S9E39 Tanka & Kyōka Japanese Short Form Poetry

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S9E39 Tanka & Kyōka Japanese Short Form Poetry
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that surely is one of the pleasures of reading poetry. So let's have a listen to some tanka and koyoka. Shall we? In Yoshiwara, the women are showing their wares this evening, blossoms glowing in the echoes of the Vesper bells. In Yoshiwara, the women are showing their wares this evening, blossoms glowing in the echoes of the Vesper bells. Now, this one I've classified as koyoka in a previous podcast, because I feel it's a satirical poem. The opening is not the lyrical, beautiful expression of beauty that we would expect. It's rather more blunt. Yoshiwara was Ido's pleasure district, and so surely we're under no illusions as to what the wares are that the ladies are showing. […]
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