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HC Episode 11: Q&A

Q&A episode with the Global Haiku Students from Millikin University.

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Episode 12: The Four Pillars Part I – The Narrow Thread

Undoubtedly a controversial piece, these excerpts from "The Narrow Thread" by Anita Virgil trace an innermost theme in Basho's poetry. In 2004 Ray Bradbury wrote to Virgil calling it "fascinating."

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Episode 13: Tangled Hair (tanka women)

Special guests Hiroaki Sato, Yuko Otomo and Steve Dalachinsky join us in a round-table discussion of the Tanka poetry and modern Women Tanka Poets.

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Episode 14: The Four Pillars Part II – Buson’s Two Candles

Buson's Two Candles" is a very private interpretation/expansion of appreciation for this poet's breadth of subject matter and his variety of "styles" of writing. Anita Virgil, an artist by training,...

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Episode 15: Thunder Moon – A Renku Party

An invaluable guide to renku composition with renku master, Kris Moon Kondo. Al and Donna join guest poets Henry Brann, Robin Palley, Penny Harter to write the collaborative poetic form Renku.

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

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

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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.

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Episode 18: Blossom Storm

A celebration of poetry, dance, music and cherry blossoms at the Branch Brook Park Annual Bloomfest in New Jersey. This video podcast features classic Japanese haiku, cultural demonstrations, and...

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Episode 19: The Four Pillars Part IV – 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.

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Episode 20: Tea Talk – A Second Cup

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

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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.

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Episode 22: Haiga Gallery

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.

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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.

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Episode 24: Sequences

In this episode, the poetic form of sequences is explored with guest poets Cor van den Heuvel, Emiko Miyashita, and Bruce Kennedy. Featuring Alexis Rotella reading her classic sequence, “After an...

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Episode 25: Ginko – Special Guest Dr. Akito Arima (video)

HC Episode 25: Ginko (VIDEO) Distinguished scientist, scholar, and haiku poet, Dr. Akito Arima joins us in a conversation on the subject of a ginko walk, writing haiku, and seeing the world with new eyes.

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Episode 26: Ants on the Sidewalk (video)

HC Episode 26: Ants of the Sidewalk A video montage of urban haibun, haiku and senryu featuring poets, Naia, Deborah P Kolodji and Gregory Longenecker; with photographs, video clips and classic jazz...

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Episode 27: Parodies in Senryu

Al and Donna revisit the subject of parodies in senryu with guest poets Anita Virgil, Cor van den Heuvel , and a special cameo reading by Nick Virgilio. This episode includes Anita reading from her...

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Episode 28: Tea Talk – Danger on Peaks & Back on the Fire

Haiku Chronicles is back on the fire with a discussion and review of two books by poet and writer, Gary Snyder, “Danger on Peaks” and “Back on the Fire” with hosts Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli....

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HC Video Shorts: Haiku Railroad Blues

Introducing our new series, “Haiku Chronicles Video Shorts.” In this episode, Alan Pizzarelli reads a few of his haiku poetry along the railroad tracks.

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HC Episode 30: Video Shorts – Poem in Your Pocket

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.

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