# S9E18 Haiku that Breathe: exploring Lyrical Short Forms

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Podcast: [Poetry Pea - haiku and other English Language Japanese short forms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-pea-haiku-and-other-english-language-japanese-short-forms-204386)
Published: 2026-05-11T22:00:47+00:00
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## Resource

This episode of the Poetry Pea Podcast continues an exploration of lyrical haiku and senryū in the English language, with a focus on work written before the year 2000. What makes a haiku “lyrical”? Not overblown emotion or elaborate language, but a quieter musicality—rhythm, emotional restraint, and an image that’s allowed to resonate. This episode offers a thoughtful introduction to earlier contemporary haiku, setting the stage for a later look at more recent voices, in the next episode, do please join us. If you’re interested in poetry that values subtlety, attention, and the music of the spoken word, this is a good place to begin.

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