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  • Trails Along the Pacific Rim

    May 16, 2023 · 14 min

    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…

  • Episode 46: African American Haiku

    August 31, 2020 · 30 min

    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.

  • HC Episode 45: Haiku Prose with Poet Lew Watts

    April 5, 2020 · 10 min

    To kick-off, National Poetry Month enjoy a delightful reading of haibun (haiku prose) by our special guest Welsh poet, Lew Watts.

  • HC Episode 44: Crawling with Insects

    March 6, 2020 · 24 min

    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…

  • Episode 43 (video): Haiku Getaway

    April 5, 2019 · 13 min

    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…

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  • Strictly for the Birds

    January 7, 2019 · 18 min

    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.

  • 9/11 Memorial

    September 12, 2018 · 1 min

    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…

  • Teaching Haiku

    January 28, 2018 · 1 hr 0 min

    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…

  • Episode 39: An Exhibition of Concrete Poetry

    October 27, 2017 · 12 min

    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…

  • Episode 38: Yéil (Raven)

    August 30, 2017 · 4 min

    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."   *** NOTE: The "potlatch" is a…

  • Not Exactly Haiku

    August 18, 2017 · 15 min

    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.

  • HC Episode 36: MINI KU with poet Carlos Colón

    December 31, 2016 · 3 min

    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.

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About the show

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.