Haiku Poet

Join us for this interview with haiku poet, Mary Ann Conley.

Join us for a time around the campfire under the starry skies as we feature tanka from Naomi Beth Wakan’s latest book - Time Together. This project features photography by Elias, her husband of 45 years! Check it out here: https://www.shantiarts.co/uploads/files/vwxyz/WAKAN_TIME.html

Enjoy a glimpse into spring and the haiku moments we are experiencing.

Join us for this great interview with Ruth Yarrow and get a view into our Minnesota winter. Here is the link for Ruth’s book Li from Within: https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongilit-from-withinistrong-selected-haiku-of-ruth-yarrow/

Enjoy this delightful story by Mary Alice Carlson. If you are interested in more stories from up north, you can find information here: https://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/bookdetail.php?PB_ISBN=9781545675243

Join us as we read Eliza Wheeler’s Home in the Woods. You can check out more of her work at WheelerStudio.com

Join us for a fun visit to the Duluth Minnesota Enger Tower and the Peace Bell. https://duluthmn.gov/parks/parks-listing/enger-park/

In this episode we feature the haiku of Michael Dylan Welch. We were up at the beach skipping rocks at Lake Superior. Check out his website at: graceguts.com

Join us as we read Tracy’s book and interview her for this episode. Also check out her website: https://www.tracygallupillustration.com/gallery

Enjoy this year’s selected haiku along with a brief description and history of the Golden Haiku Poetry Contest taking place each spring in Washington D.C. https://goldentriangledc.com/initiative/golden-haiku/

Join us around our campfire as we interview haiku poet Gary Hotham. Check out these links to enjoy more of Gary’s poetry. Gary Hotham (pinyon-publishing.com) http://pinyon-publishing.com/spilled%20milk.html Brevity & the Art of Haiku at Elliot Society https://youtu.be/St0U21T40F0

In this episode we interview Tom Clausen of Mann Library’s Daily Haiku. https://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/

Join us as we interview artist and author Elisha Cooper. In this episode we feature his book River, which is a beautiful haiku styled journey down the Hudson River. http://elishacooper.com https://www.instagram.com/elisha__cooper/

Come join us around the campfire for this interview with Kristen Lindquist. You can enjoy more of Kristen’s haiku at her blog where you can also sign up to receive her daily haiku email. https://www.kristenlindquist.com/blog

Join us for this great interview with haiku poet and publisher, Randy Brooks. We discovered him on the Mann Library Daily Haiku website, which is maintained by Tom Clausen. https://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu You can enjoy more haiku from Randy Brooks and a variety of publications that he offers here at Brooks Books. http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com

Join us as we discover the haiku-like photography of Rachel Kolokoff Hopper. In her project Death on the Plains, she highlights the Loggerhead Shrike and it’s unique food caches. Check out her photography here: https://www.rkhphotography.net/Life-Death-on-the-Plains/

Making acorn flour pancakes after enjoying an afternoon fall walk. Stunning display of satellites under the darkening sky.

Join us as we take an afternoon ginkgo walk a path of autumn leaves. We reflect on our recent camping trip where we heard timberwolves in the middle of the night and sought shelter in the basement of 100-year-old cabin during a tornado warning.

Enjoy the second part, in this two-part collection of original haiku shared by friends from all over the world. It is a dynamic thread of observations anchored in the present moment that ties each of these haiku together. [email protected]

Enjoy part one, in a two-part collection of original haiku shared by friends from all over the world. It is a dynamic thread of observations in the present moment that ties each of these together.

Join us as we sip kombucha around our picnic table and share an interview with Patricia McGuire, host of the Haiku Pea podcast. Check out her website with links to the podcast, opportunity for haiku and senryu submission, and to learn more about the other exciting things Patricia is doing to build community with haiku enthusiasts from all over the world. https://poetrypea.com/ - Finally, you are invited to email your original haiku to: [email protected] for possible feature on an upcoming episode.

Join us around the campfire as we enjoy pistachios and reflect on a recent big summer storm. Contemplating what is gained and lost in embracing a hi tech lifestyle.

Join us as we reflect on our recent fishing adventure!

Join us around the campfire as we reflect on some of the high points of summer - corn on the cob, another black bear sighting, and making progress on our fish house. Already thinking about winter.

Enjoying the glory of springtime, the blooming plants, and the wonder of fermentation! We reflect on the delightful story by Barbara Coony, Miss Rumphius: https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/how-real-miss-rumphius-decorated-maine-lupines

Springtime black bear sighting and new fluffy chicks.

Join us for a ginko walk through an abandoned train tunnel.

Enjoy the brilliance of spring, the power of haiku, and the value of pause as we reflect on our day and this season of change.

Enjoy the chapter titled Ravens from the book Hauling Water by Becca Brin Manlove. Check out more of her current work at: https://www.lovewithroots.com

Enjoy this interview with haiku poet Alan S. Bridges. His echapbook in a flash is available at Snapshot Press (2019) and he recently placed third in the Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Contest, with Stirring Ashes. His first full-length collection, in the curves, is being published in 2020 by Red Moon Press. He was recently invited to judge the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Competition, the results of which are revealed in the summer edition of Modern Haiku. Read Alan’s in a flash here - http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/ebooks/in_a_flash.pdf

Original haiku enjoyed around the breakfast table as well as an update on our honey bee swarm trapping. We have some traps set!

https://meredithamay.net/category/the-honey-bus/ Watch the man in action: https://meredithamay.net/2015/09/30/a-tour-inside-grandpas-honey-bus/

Enjoying springtime

Enjoy making a batch of kombucha and explore some of the elements that distinguish haiku from other forms of poetry.

Original haiku shared around a springtime campfire.

Enjoy original haiku and tanka from Naomi Beth Wankan on the shore of Lake Superior.

Top 3 movies: the tree of life / red turtle / the heart of man

Opening our hands to receive and to release.

We’re excited to be taking steps towards our upcoming adventure of beekeeping.

Reflecting on the day of rearranged plans.

Original haiku enjoyed around the fire.

Celebrating 2020 with the goal of penning at least one haiku each day of this new year.

Enjoying warmth of the campfire and memories of cross country skiing.

Join us for the adventure of embracing 24 inches of fresh fallen snow.

Original haiku enjoyed outdoors near the campfire.

Join us as we read original haiku around the campfire on a cool November day.

Come enjoy a time around the campfire as we hear from Paul Chambers a haiku poet from the UK.

Exploring words, poetry, and the power of the pictures around us.

Contrasting the moderate temperatures of Hawaii with the extremes of Minnesota.

An enjoyable afternoon haiku reading of original work.