I'm inspired by places where nature pushed back on humans. These are mostly modest spots, where weeds, ivy and moss encroach on the strange objects we insist on putting in the wild.

A Pillbox in the Ocean

A bottle in a stream

A pillbox in waves

Swifts on a power line

A river under a highway

A junction box in weeds

More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

SONG 62 (disquiet0680)

More on the 682nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Unring a Bell — The Assignment: What if you could? — at https://disquiet.com/0682/

SONG 67 - DisquietJunto0682 - Unring a Bell

SONG 68 - DisquietJunto0683 - Space Shot

Part of the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

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More on the 688th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sign Up — The Assignment: Interpret a routine public sign as a musical instruction — at https://disquiet.com/0688/

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The past, immutable -
an icicle stabs
directly downward

by: Saitō Sanki

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

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This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 89 - Naviarhaiku590

More on the 697th weekly Disquiet Junto project, First Third — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0697/

SONG 93 - DisquietJunto0697 - First Third

Building on a track by @Krakenkraft. See:
https://soundcloud.com/winterer/disquiet0697-crux-fmin70-6-4

More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

SONG 95 - DisquietJunto0698 - Second Third (with krakenkraft)

More on the 700th weekly Disquiet Junto project, View Frame — The Assignment: Share the view and some sounds inspired by the view — at https://disquiet.com/0700/

SONG 98 - Disquiet0700 - View Frame

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

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This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/


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More on the 705th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Book Start — The Assignment: Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0705/. This week’s project was proposed by Neil Stringfellow.

SONG 107 - DisquietJunto0705 - Book Start

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/



SONG 108.1 - NaviarHaiku600 - Thinking of Us

pulling light
from the other world . . .
the Milky Way

by: Yatsuka Ishihara

Yatsuka Ishihara (1919–1998) was a Japanese poet and co-founder of the journal Aki 秋 with Akira Matsuzawa. He also served as an advisor to the Modern Haiku Association (Gendai Haiku Kyōkai) and the Association of Haiku Poets (Haijin Kyōkai).

Picture by Thomas Ciszewski

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku601-pulling-light/

SONG 109 - NaviarHaiku601 - Pulling Light

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō
Picture by Michel Stockman

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 110 - NaviarHaiku602 - Scent of Plum

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insect tremolo
soberingly cools the heat
of farmland roads

by: Kogetsu Eguchi

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Kogetsu Eguchi (1825-1867) was a Japanese poet active in the late Edo period. Together with Kazan Watanabe, he authored the haiku book Tōke shunchō.

Haiku by Kogetsu Eguchi

Picture by Luca Ercolani

Join The Naviar Haiku Music Challenge
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/



SONG 112 - NaviarHaiku603 - Insect Tremelo

Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions.

The Assignment: Do something with layers of the sound of your voice.
Step 1: Create simple chords by layering the sound of your voice.
Step 2: Do something with those chords.

More on the 708th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Vocal Chords — The Assignment: Do something with layers of the sound of your voice. — at https://disquiet.com/0708/

SONG 113 - Disquiet0708 - Vocal Chords

In spring sunlight
the rows of tea bushes
ripple like waves

by: Tōge Morita

Tōge Morita (1924-2013) was a Japanese teacher and poet from Osaka. In the early 50s, he started publishing his poems in the Katsuragi 葛城 magazine, later becoming its editor-in-chief and, in 1990, its editor.

Haiku by Tōge Morita

Picture by Kyle Bushnell

Join The Naviar Haiku Music Challenge
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku604-in-spring-sunlight/

SONG 114 - NaviarHaiku604 - In Spring Sunlight

naviarhaiku605 – just inside the fence
August 6, 2025
just inside the fence
to prohibited grounds
wild violets

by: Shida Yaba

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Shida Yaba (1663-1740) was a haiku poet born in Fukui Prefecture. One of Bashō’s most famous Ten Disciples, he was also the editor of the poetry anthology Sumidawara (Charcoal sack, 1694).

Haiku by Shida Yaba

Picture by Flower Four

Join The Naviar Haiku Music Challenge
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 115 - NaviarHaiku605 - Just Inside the Fence

naviarhaiku606 – slightly faint
August 13, 2025
'slightly faint
yet clear
the milky way'

by: Toshio Kiyosaki

Toshio Kiyosaki (1922-1999) was a Japanese haiku poet and scholar of Japanese literature. He published a biography of Kyoshi Takahama in 1966 and co-authored Kyoshi Monogatari, another study on the renowned haiku poet, in 1979.

The Milky Way (amanogawa, or "Heavenly River" in Japanese) is a kigo for Autumn, mainly because that's when the galaxy is most visible in Japan.

Haiku by Toshio Kiyosaki

Picture by Yong Chuan Tan

Join The Naviar Haiku Music Challenge
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 116 - NaviarHaiku606 - Slightly Faint

naviarhaiku607 – Winter waterfall
August 20, 2025

Winter waterfall
a rock untouched
by sunrise or sunset

by: Setsuko Nozawa

Setsuko Nozawa (1920–1995) was a poet from Yokohama. Inspired by the works of Bashō and Rinka Ōno, she started writing haiku in the 1930s, joined the magazine Shakunage in 1939, and later moved to Hama in 1946. Later in life, she dedicated herself fully to poetry and ikebana, and in 1971 she founded the haiku magazine Ran, later directed by Kōzaburō Wada.
Haiku by Setsuko Nozawa
Picture by Go Stephen Walker

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 117 - NaviarHaiku607 - Winter Waterfall

young grasses -
not yet bent
in any direction

Kaga no Chiyo-jo (1703–1775) was a haiku poet discovered by Kagami Shiko at a very young age. She became a Buddhist nun at 52 and wrote around 1,900 haiku in her lifetime. A highlight of her poetry career was presenting haiku to a Korean delegation in 1763, one of the first cultural exchanges of this kind.

Haiku by Kaga no Chiyo

Picture by Kateryna Viderska

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 118 - NaviarHaiku608 - Young Grasses

revealing in the dark
the sadness of things
a fisherman's torch

by: Tagami Kikusha

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Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) was a Japanese multi-disciplinary artist and Buddhist nun, mostly known as a poet, painter, calligrapher, and tea practitioner.

Haiku by Tagami Kikusha

Picture by Michael Shannon

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 119 - NaviarHaiku609 - Revealing in the Dark

naviarhaiku611 – half-asleep eyes
September 17, 2025

"half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms"

by: Natsume Seibi

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 120 - NaviarHaiku611 - Half Asleep Eyes

The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly

by: Kaya Shirao

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Kaya Shirao was born in 1738 in Fukagawa, Edo, now part of Tokyo.

He ran a school in Edo during Spring and Autumn, but in Summer and Winter, he would move to the countryside to teach thousands of aspiring poets from throughout the Shinano province (now Nagano Prefecture). He's considered one of the first established haikai writers to help spread cultural forms from national to regional urban centers.

Picture by Aaron Burden

The Naviar haiku music challenge invites artists to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 121 - NaviarHaiku614 - The Coming of Autumn

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