New book of selected works by our host, Alan Pizzarelli “The Canary Funeral”
Go the book link (above) to read the Author’s Notes.
POEMS from the Book:…
burying a dead bird
the small boy
hums the wedding march
done
the shoeshine boy
snaps his rag
with no money
i go
snow viewing
HC Episode 18: Blossom Storm
A celebration of poetry, dance, music and cherry blossoms at Branch Brook Park (New Jersey). This video podcast features classic Japanese poetry, cultural demonstrations, and performances.
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HC Episode 7: Baseball Haiku
Haiku Chronicles takes you “back to the ballgame” with baseball haiku. Discussion and readings of baseball haiku and senryu by Alan Pizzarelli, Donna Beaver, Cor van den Heuvel and Ed Markowski.
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HC Episode 2: Basho’s Frog
This episode of Haiku Chronicles takes us back to 16th century Japan when the first great Japanese master of haiku, Matsuo Basho wrote his breakthrough haiku, “Furu-Ike-Ya” (Old Pond). Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli discuss the poem’s interesting history and its influence on the poetic form of haiku.
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HC Episode 1: The Lost Tapes
Rewind back to our First Episode:
To celebrate Poetry Month the Haiku Chronicles takes you back to March of 1979 where poets Al Pizzarelli, Cor van den Heuval, Anita Virgil, Bill Higginson, and Penny Harter recorded a reading of their poems at Studio 198 in Newark, NJ.