S9E22 The Poetry of Nouns: Verbless Haiku and the Power of Suggestion

Podcast: Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms · Poetry Pea

Opublikowano: 2026-06-08

In this episode of the Poetry Pea Podcast, we explore why haiku has often been described as "the poetry of the noun" and ask whether removing verbs and limiting adjectives can make a poem even more powerful. Through close readings of haiku by John Wills, Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Charles Rossiter, Noel King, Choshi, Anne Curran, and Bisshie, we discover how concrete nouns create atmosphere, emotion and meaning without explanation. We look at Edward Hirsch's idea of the "arrested moment" and Michael Dylan Welch's advice to write not about your feelings, but about what caused them. ...