EPISODE · Jul 14, 2025 · 35 MIN
S8E28 Poetry Pea Reading with Julie Bloss Kelsey
from Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms · host Poetry Pea
What does healing sound like in haiku?This week, poet Julie Bloss Kelsey joins me to read from her deeply moving collection, Grasping the Fading Light: A Journey Through PTSD — winner of the 2021 International Women’s Haiku Contest.Her work brings vulnerability, strength, and beauty to the page. Together we explore grief, trauma, recovery, and resilience — through the gentle force of haiku, senryū, and tanka.This is an episode full of humanity and hope. You might think it’s not for you — but poetry this honest speaks to all of us.Also available to watch on Poetry Pea's YouTube channel.shownotes
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