Haiku Chronicles

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.

For more on Haiku Chronicles visit: www.HaikuChronicles.com

Haiku Chronicles copyright 2009

Credit for choral arrangements of Alan Pizzarelli’s Senryū:

  the fat lady
  bends over the tomatoes
  a full moon

       The  Marietta Choir

   buzzZ
       slaP
   buzzZ

            Commissioned by soprano Maria Knapik-Sztramko
            for the Guelph Spring Festival,  May 19, 1993
            Ontario, Canada

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [ 19:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (192)