S9E40 Melissa Dennison Reads Caravan: A Trail of Haiku

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

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Join host Patricia on the Poetry Pea Podcast for a Poetry Pea Salon with award-winning haiku poet Melissa Dennison, reading from her book Caravan: A Trail of Haiku. Discover the surprising poetic possibilities of snails, from silvery trails in the frost to the frustrations of a gardener. Melissa reads her haiku and discusses the inspiration behind her work, exploring seasonal references (kigo), juxtaposition, word associations and the art of finding poetry in the smallest details. Patricia and Melissa take a closer look at individual poems, discussing how contrasting seasons can deepen a haiku, how a...