haiku #620: some starlight / spared from being scooped up / four-handed net

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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Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Music-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku617-an-autumn-nightfall/


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Once Upon a Mellow Sea (Naviar Haiku 617)

TRAMPELFÂD
Laboratory for Contemporary Electronic Experimental Music

In 1994 i build a few experimental aleatoric Art-Robot Sound Machines:
youtu.be/fRzDNKt1MnE

Rec.name : " Tricks  "
credit :digitakt1 ,ipad9,plugdata

date : 3-11-2025

Live : 10/ 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRIlhgl2oeQ

Sleep Still Sleep

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mibgriver

Authentic Lizard Dancer

root conductor

Little song for Kinsha haiku:
"Some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net."

The title “Llum recollida amb les mans" in my island language is like "Light gathered in the hands” trying to evoke the image of the haiku where light is harvested with a single gesture, as if it were a living substance. The literal translation of haiku takes on another meaning, and the words must be changed so that they have the same poetic meaning.

Llum recollida amb les mans(naviarhaiku620)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
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https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku620-some-starlight/

2025-11-19

some starlight (Naviarhaiku 620)

20Nov25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/800654862684717056/naviarhaiku620-some-starlight
😊

some starlight [naviarhaiku620]

This one started as a simple electric-guitar-and-bass progression, just a rough idea that wasn’t really going anywhere. This week I expanded it with several synth layers and some floating eBow lines.
Funny enough, the little gimmick in the middle section ended up giving the track its shape — a kind of slow, climatic crescendo that finally brought it to life.

I re-recorded that line as an intro today. The whole track is still a floating, meandering, blurry ambient groove, but there’s a certain beauty in that haze.

Inspired by this naviarhaiku620 poem:

some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net


Haiku by Kinsha
Picture by NASA


Some Starlight - naviarhaiku620

made for the naviar haiku challenge #620: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku620-some-starlight/

fishing at night (naviarhaiku620)

some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net

I came across this poem in the book "An Anthology of Haiku, Ancient and Modern" by Asataro Miyamori. The poet’s surname and the publication date are unknown; only the name Kinsha remains.

Haiku by Kinsha

Picture by Alvis Taurēns

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 128 - NaviarHaiku620 - Four-Handed Net

Exploring music theory and ambient electronics.

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

SONG 128 - NaviarHaiku620 - Four-Handed Net

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