Haiku Chronicles http://www.haikuchronicles.com A podcast devote to the art of haiku and related forms. Tue, 15 May 2012 02:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Canary Funeral http://www.haikuchronicles.com/2012/05/canary-funeral/ http://www.haikuchronicles.com/2012/05/canary-funeral/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 02:15:04 +0000 Haiku Chronicles http://www.haikuchronicles.com/?p=293 New book of selected works by our host, Alan Pizzarelli “The Canary Funeral” PURCHASE BOOK NOW 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  ]]>

New book of selected works by our host, Alan Pizzarelli
“The Canary Funeral”

PURCHASE BOOK NOW

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

 

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April 27: Haiku Chronicles had a bit of a website disaster. The website lost all posts and comments in the crash.  We are working to have the website back to normal in the next day or two. Sorry for any inconvenience.   You can still listen to our podcast on iTunes or on our media site at:   http://podcast.haikuchronicles.com/

 

]]> http://www.haikuchronicles.com/2012/05/hello-world/feed/ 0 Episode 23: Tea Talk – Haiku: A Way of Life http://www.haikuchronicles.com/2012/03/episode-23-tea-talk-haiku-a-way-of-life/ http://www.haikuchronicles.com/2012/03/episode-23-tea-talk-haiku-a-way-of-life/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:56:00 +0000 Haiku Chronicles http://www.haikuchronicles.com/?p=251 Tea Talk

Tea Talk – Haiku: A Way of Life
Painting: French Tea Garden (also known as The Terre-Cuite Tea Set, 1910) by Childe Hassam (1859–1935)

HC Episode 23: Tea Talk – Haiku: A Way of Life

Guest poets Cor van den Heuvel, Emiko Miyashita, and Bruce Kennedy join Al and Donna in an open discussion on haiku as a way of life.

Credits:

Intro Quote:
“”In my hands I hold a bowl of tea. I see all of nature represented in its green color. Closing my eyes I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart. Silently drinking, I feel these become part of me.”

Description of the Way of Tea, attributed to Tea Master, Rikyū

Intro haiku:

a locomotive whistle
fills the tea room
evening chill

~ Bruce Kennedy        [Translated by Emiko Miyashita]

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HC Episode 22: Haiga Gallery (VIDEO)

Get on board for an exciting trip. Destination HAIGA. Donna, Al and Anita Virgil have packed classical and contemporary haiku, senryu and tanka with striking visual accompaniments — many with a twist.

Vimeo

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Episode 21: Halloween Extravaganza

HC Episode 21: Halloween Extravaganza

A mad-cap romp at a wild Hallowe’en party with Al & Donna that tucks some classic senryu and parodies into the mouths of icons of horror and humor.

 
 

Credits:

Intro haiku:

slicing a ripe pomegranate
watching the horror movie

   ~ Alan Pizzarelli

Reading of the Raven by the Poet Ghoul, BoneYard
To get your copy this new reading of “The Raven” go to the BoneYard & the Elegant Skulls website at: boneyardmusic.com


 
 

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HC Episode 20: Tea Talk – A Second Cup

A reading of summer poems and brief discussion of season words (kigo).

 
 

Credits:
 
Intro Quote:
“… let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboo, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

      Kakuzo Okakura, 1906, The Book of Tea
 
 
Intro haiku:

The first hot night:
chilling the tea
slicing the lemons.

   ~ Anita Virgil

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Episode 19: A Cool Assessment (Essay by Anita Virgil)

HC Episode 19: A Cool Assessment (Shiki)

In “A Cool Assessment” poet Anita Virgil offers new insights to the underlying role Shiki’s tuberculosis plays in many of his poems.

 
 

From the Reading Room, the complete essay of,
“A Cool Assessment” by Anita Virgil

Credits:

Intro haiku:

      Alone
In the editorial department;
     Summer rain falling.

                  – Shiki


 
 

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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.
 
 

haiku:

Under the cherry-blossoms
None are
Utter strangers.

      – Issa

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Episode 17: Tea Talk – An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu. Tea Talk, is a new series of informal brief commentaries and discussions on the subject of haiku and related short poetic forms over “a fine cup of tea.”

HC Episode 17: Tea Talk – An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu

A review and discussion of Makoto Ueda’s book of senyru, “Light Verse from the Floating World” with hosts Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli.

 
 

Credits:

Intro haiku:

at the teahouse
he puffs rings of smoke
all day long

   - anonymous

from “Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu” by Makoto Ueda (Columbia University Press, 1999)

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Episode 16: Issa: The Uses of Adversity (Essay by Anita Virgil)

HC Episode 16: The Four Pillars Part III – Issa: The Uses of Adversity

Issa, Japan’s most beloved haiku poet is put under a microscope in order to distinguish and delineate three basic directions his poems take.

 
 

From the Reading Room, the complete essay of,
“Issa: The Uses of Adversity” by Anita Virgil

Credits:

Intro haiku:

My Spring?
A single bamboo –
A willow twig.

   - Issa

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