The Poetry Pea
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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!
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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
dipped in praise
my writing hand’s pen itches
to walk your line
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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
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/
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/
Submissions 2025 – Poetry Pea
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October 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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/
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...
October 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Podcast out today... poetrypea.com/s8e40-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.
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...
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...
October 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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.
How great to have you on board! Thank you for trusting us with your work.
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...
Sharing the link:
youtube.com/watch?v=hkxn...
S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
How great to have you on board! Thank you for trusting us with your work.
Great poem Melissa! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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
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
S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
m.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Great poem Melissa! Thank you for sharing it with us.
I developed a greater appreciation of the little creatures through pieces like yours Mark.
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...
an aphid lands the chance of a new life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxn...
S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I developed a greater appreciation of the little creatures through pieces like yours Mark.
Always a pleasure to read great poems Rebecca
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. 🪰🕷️🪲
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...
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...
October 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Always a pleasure to read great poems Rebecca
@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...
S8E40 Poetry Pea’s International Dot Day Special – haiku and flashku fun – Poetry Pea
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October 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
@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.
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...
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...
September 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
oh do have a listen. Clodagh thank you for trusting us with your poetry.
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...
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...
S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu – Poetry Pea
poetrypea.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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...
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...
Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pleasure to feature you. Thanks to Amy who did a brilliant job.
Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
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...
This week’s Poetry Pea Podcast features haiku, controversy, & a question for YOU about fairness in competitions.
Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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...
This week’s Poetry Pea Podcast features haiku, controversy, & a question for YOU about fairness in competitions.
Tune in 👉 poetrypea.com/s8e38-dancin...
Reposted by The Poetry Pea
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!
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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!
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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.
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Full of excellent haibun, lovely to feature yours Robin.
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
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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
buymeacoffee.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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
buymeacoffee.com/poetrypea/e/455806
🎥 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
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
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎥 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
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
✨ 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
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
YouTube video by Poetry Pea
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
✨ 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
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
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
👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy...
#Haiku #PoetryPea #PoetryCallOut #Micropoetry #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #submissions
Deadline 15th August
S8E27 Creepy Crawly Haiku – Poetry Pea
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August 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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
👉 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
👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy...
#Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions
S8E27 Creepy Crawly Haiku – Poetry Pea
poetrypea.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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
👉 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
👉 poetrypea.com/s8e27-creepy...
#Haiku #PoetryPea #CreepyCrawly #PoetryCommunity #Micropoetry #PoetryCallOut #submissions
August 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
👉 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
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
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“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
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
#Haiku #PoetryPodcast #SwissPoets #Alphorn #SwissNationalDay #PoetryPea #Micropoetry
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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
#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
July 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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