web01.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:27:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Poetry For All - Episodes Tagged with “Haiku” https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/tags/haiku Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0400 This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. en-us episodic Finding Our Way Into Great Poems Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. no poetry, poems, literature, teaching, education Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen vanengen@wustl.edu Episode 62: Kobayashi Issa, Haiku https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/62 97e0b752-34cd-4447-99a9-1ee5a2db6a62 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0400 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen full 6 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen What makes haiku "the perfect poetic form"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun. 17:19 no What makes haiku "the perfect poetic form"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun. We use the beautiful translations of award-winning poet Robert Haas in The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. To see these haiku and others online, visit The Poetry Foundation here (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50983/selected-haiku-by-issa). To see (and purchase) the book, see HarperCollins here (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/essential-haiku-volume-20-hass?variant=32118145876002). Thank you to HarperCollins for permission to read these translations on our podcast. For more on Kobayashi Issa, visit the Poetry Foundation here (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa). 18th century, haiku, joy, poet laureate, poetry in translation, spring, surprise, world poetry What makes haiku "the perfect poetic form"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun.

We use the beautiful translations of award-winning poet Robert Haas in The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. To see these haiku and others online, visit The Poetry Foundation here.

To see (and purchase) the book, see HarperCollins here.

Thank you to HarperCollins for permission to read these translations on our podcast.

For more on Kobayashi Issa, visit the Poetry Foundation here.

]]> What makes haiku "the perfect poetic form"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun.

We use the beautiful translations of award-winning poet Robert Haas in The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. To see these haiku and others online, visit The Poetry Foundation here.

To see (and purchase) the book, see HarperCollins here.

Thank you to HarperCollins for permission to read these translations on our podcast.

For more on Kobayashi Issa, visit the Poetry Foundation here.

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