Episode 22: Haiga Gallery

Sunday, January 1, 2012

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. Full Video Below. NOTE: For best viewing click “HD” and “Full Screen” [Large Video files, so give it time to download a few [...]

Episode 20: Tea Talk – A Second Cup

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A reading of summer poems and brief discussion of season words (kigo) with hosts Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli. Listen to Podcast: Tea Talk: A Second Cup   The first hot night: chilling the tea slicing the lemons. ~Anita Virgil The legs of the crane Have become short In the summer rains. ~Basho

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Episode 19: The Four Pillars Part IV – A Cool Assessment

Monday, July 4, 2011

This is the final part (Part IV) in the Four Pillars series written and narrated by poet Anita Virgil. In “A Cool Assessment” Anita offers new insights to the underlying role Shiki’s tuberculosis plays in many of his poems. Read the complete essay of, A Cool Assessment (PDF) by Anita Virgil. Reprinted from the Frogpond, [...]

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Basho’s Frog Revisited

Sunday, June 26, 2011

One of our most listened to Episodes, “Episode 2: Basho’s Frog” Listen to Podcast: Listen to Basho’s Frog”   “Basho’s Frog” takes us back to 16th century Japan when the first great Japanese master of haiku, Matsuo Basho wrote his breakthrough haiku, “Furu-Ike-Ya” (Old Pond). Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli discuss the poem’s interesting history [...]

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Episode 18: Blossom Storm

Sunday, May 22, 2011

INTRODUCING The premier of our first VIDEO episode, Blossom Storm — A celebration of poetry, dance, music and cherry blossoms. This video podcast features classic Japanese poetry, cultural demonstrations, and performances Haiku Chronicles Episode 18: Blossom Storm from Haiku Chronicles on Vimeo. You can also view and subscribe via iTunes  

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

Monday, March 28, 2011

A review and discussion of Makoto Ueda’s book of senryu, “Light Verse from the Floating World” with hosts Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli. Listen to Podcast: Listen to \”Buson\’s Two Candles\” Japan Earthquake Relief: How to Help (list from JapanNYC, Carnegie Hall)

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

Monday, January 24, 2011

Kobayashi Issa, Japan’s most beloved haiku poet is put under a microscope in order to distinguish and delineate three basic directions his poems take.  Written and narrated by Anita Virgil. Read the complete essay of, Issa: The Uses of Adversity (PDF) by Anita Virgil. Reprinted from the Red Moon Anthology 1998; Published here by the [...]

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Episode 13: Tanka Part I – Tangled Hair

Monday, September 6, 2010

Featured Episode 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. Listen to Podcast: Listen to \”Tangled Hair\”

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Episode 5: History of American Haiku Part II, The Beat Poets.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Featured Episode (revisiting Episode 5,  History of American Haiku Part II, The Beat Poets) Part II, features a reading and discussion of haiku poetry by Allen Ginsberg; with guest Cor van den Heuvel. Listen to Podcast: Listen to \”Beat Poets\” Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli continue their discussion with guest Cor van den Heuvel on [...]

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Episode 3: Senryu, Son of Haiku

Monday, September 6, 2010

Featured Episode (revisiting Episode 3: Senryū, Son of Haiku) In this episode Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli discuss the distinction between the poetic forms of Haiku and Senryū, the origins of Senryū in Japan, and its rediscovery and recognition as a poetic form in English literature. Listen to Podcast: Senryu Podcast Credit for choral arrangements [...]

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