Oh wow that is a pleasant surprise ~ thank you for sharing that with me ~ dipped in praise my writing hand’s pen itches to walk your line

Fancy yourself a word-wrangler of the five-line persuasion? We’re open for tanka submissions at the Poetry Pea Podcast & Journal. Send us your best! Deadline looms, 15th October...kettle’s on. ☕️ #tanka #micropoetry #haikucommunity #poetrysubmissionhttps://poetrypea.com/submissions-2025/

Podcast out today... poetrypea.com/s8e40-poetry...

Picture Book Gold@picturebookgold.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A beautiful haiku by Picture Book Gold's @ljrwritenow.bsky.social will be getting airtime from the Poetry Pea!! It also will appear in the beautiful Poetry Pea Journal! Wonderful recognition for Laura--every #haikuSaturday she posts a lovely poem & photo! Congrats Laura! #poetry

If like me you were no fan of these little beings, this podcast might just change your mind. Thanks for sending us your work Clodagh.

ClodaghO@iamagnat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm delighted to have a haiku of mine included in this podcast. Lots of tiny lovelies within, take a listen.

How great to have you on board! Thank you for trusting us with your work.

C. Oulens@owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Some wonderful haikus & senryus in Poetry Pea podcast on “Creepy Crawlies”. Many thanks to Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social and Editor Patricia 🙏😊 for including my senryu (features @39:40 mins). Also included in Poetry Pea Journal, issue 4:25 Sharing the link: youtube.com/watch?v=hkxn...

Great poem Melissa! Thank you for sharing it with us.

@meldenn73.bsky.social · 10mo ago

a fly searches through every room no escape 😱 Thanks once again to the fabulous team at pea towers. It's great to be included with such talented poets. m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxn... Go on have a listen... @thepoetrypea.bsky.social #haiku

I developed a greater appreciation of the little creatures through pieces like yours Mark.

MarkgZero@markgzero.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What an enjoyable podcast the latest @thepoetrypea.bsky.social Creepy Crawlies in Haiku & Senryu is. Many intriguing ways of looking at insects, spiders and similar critters. Here's my little monoku:- an aphid lands the chance of a new life www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxn...

Always a pleasure to read great poems Rebecca

Rebecca Upjohn@rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you, Patricia and @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for including my haiku in this Creepy Crawlies edition of the podcast. As always there are gems here. 🪰🕷️🪲

@oyoguhito.bsky.social first comment on today's poetry podcast Jim "The Jim Young piece = No. 1 placement. Brilliantly executed." thought you might like to read that! poetrypea.com/s8e40-poetry...

oh do have a listen. Clodagh thank you for trusting us with your poetry.

ClodaghO@iamagnat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm delighted to have a haiku of mine included in this podcast. Lots of tiny lovelies within, take a listen.

if you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise no teddy bear’s picnic, I’m afraid but creepy crawlies and flies Be brave… have a listen poetrypea.com/s8e39-creepy...

Pleasure to feature you. Thanks to Amy who did a brilliant job. Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...

@meldenn73.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Huge thanks to Amy @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for selecting my verse for this week's podcast. There are some wonderful poems here written by great poets so check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEF... the last tango yew limbs entwine #haiku

Poems, prompts… and a pinch of poetry politics. 🎭 This week’s Poetry Pea Podcast features haiku, controversy, & a question for YOU about fairness in competitions. Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...

It’s #InternationalDotDay 🎨✨ A celebration of creativity, courage & connection. Poetry Pea invites you to try a Japanese-style short poem: pick a noun, write 3 lines about it (short-long-short, max 20 syllables). Reply with yours—top poems feature in our journal & podcast!

It’s #InternationalDotDay 🎨✨ A celebration of creativity, courage & connection. Poetry Pea invites you to try a Japanese-style short poem: pick a noun, write 3 lines about it (short-long-short, max 20 syllables). Reply with yours—top poems feature in our journal & podcast!

Full of excellent haibun, lovely to feature yours Robin.

Robin Rich@rrichwords.bsky.social · 11mo ago

www.amazon.co.uk/Tendrils-202... #haibun #haiku #poetry @thepoetrypea.bsky.social

How to #Write a Superior #Poem. Great advice for all poets, but esepecially those who are submitting tanka to Poetry Pea for our October topic. Accompanies podcast S8E36 buymeacoffee.com/poetrypea/e/455806

How to Write a Superior Poem

In this pdf I will talk you through the method of writing what Teika, a Japanese master of poetry, called a superior poem.At the end of this you should be able to write, or be well on the way to write

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🎥 Prompt: tango dancers. Put your verses in the comments on YouTube and you might be featured on the world number one english language haiku podcast, Poetry Pea. link ➡️ youtu.be/m2BsCR1ZkGc deadline 31st August #haiku #micropoetry #prompt

Pea TV Video Prompt August 2025

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✨ Haiku Call! ✨ This month’s video prompt: tango dancers in motion 💃🕺 Drop your haiku here — youtu.be/m2BsCR1ZkGc your verse could be featured on the Poetry Pea Podcast (the world’s #1 English-language haiku podcast) & in our journal! #haiku #poetrycommunity #tango #prompt

Pea TV Video Prompt August 2025

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Your creepy-crawly haiku won’t write itself. 3 days left B4 the deadline scurries under the skirting board. 🐜✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #PoetryCallOut #Micropoetry #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #submissions Deadline 15th August

4 days left to submit your creepy-crawly haiku to Poetry Pea before the deadline wriggles away. Don’t miss the feast... 🪳✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions

Only 5 days left to send us your creepy-crawly haiku before the deadline scuttles off. Don’t get caught in the web. 🕷️✍️ 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy... #Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions

“Zōka: the power of becoming.” Our new episode is a live salon featuring readings from One Thread and reflections on haiku, creativity, and the natural world. 🌱 First-time event, many voices, one thread. 🎧 Listen now & join the conversation. poetrypea.com/s8e31-poetry... #haiku

Celebrate Swiss National Day with haiku on alphorns and stunning poems from Swiss poets. 🐄🎶🌄
Listen now for a poetic journey through the Alps! 🎧https://poetrypea.com/s8e30-haiku-with-love-from-switzerland/ #Haiku #PoetryPodcast #SwissPoets #Alphorn #SwissNationalDay #PoetryPea #Micropoetry

So close to 1,000 #YouTube subs I can hear the algorithm breathing. Be my hero. Help me to the realm where thumbnails sparkle & algorithms whisper your name. Subscribe before the gods change their minds. Like and repost, pls. youtube.com/@PoetryPea

🐛🕷️ Creepy Crawlies Have Reentered the Chat…we’re getting under your skin with a fresh collection of haiku & short form poetry inspired by creatures that wriggle, buzz, crawl, and fly.🎧 Tune in & get writing for August's Creepy Crawly submission. poetrypea.com/s8e29-all-th...

Without zoka, there is no haiku… Zoka—the creative, the generative force that animates the universe, is the heartbeat of #haiku. What can haiku be when we allow transformation, transience, & seasonality to rise above static images/generic kigo. poetrypea.com/s8e26-theres...

soon it will be invite time for the highly successful #haiku anthology "Little Marvels" from #Poetry Pea Press. If you are a #poet & want an invite to submit make sure you're on the mailing list. Do it NOW! poetrypea.com

Join the Maguire clan for a bit of creepy crawly #Poetry. I couldn’t imagine spiders, bugs, butterflies & their little mates could be so inspiring. Get ready for a great poetry podcast. poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy...

This is inspirational... the wonderful #poet Lenard D Moore reads to us. What a poet, what special #poetry, what a voice. He'll be back. poetrypea.com/s8e23-the-po...