Time is short
The desert sand (the joys abound)
Each grain has memories yet to have been found
Stubborn grit
Irritates the eye (the grain to die)
I'm making my run to launch and to fly

Cigar lit
Like in the film (from birth to doom)
I've been dreaming this existence since the womb
Catch the speed
Feel the shot (like time forgot)
I cannot believe that's really all you've got

CHORUS
In a world where life has frozen firm
Beneath the setting sun
I sit and ponder what a person I have gone and become
Beware the outlaws gun

Crumpled poster
Saying dead or alive (with violence rife)
Hold my hand up in surrender - I lived a good life

CHORUS

Beneath the Setting Sun

The beginning of all art:
a song when planting a rice field
in the country’s inmost part.

haiku by Ichihara Tayo-Jo https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/ichihara-tayo-jo.html

picture by raihan n. aziz https://unsplash.com/@4812mp

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fatal HR

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TRIIB - Mercury Hearts

"The Land Of Silence" was commissioned by and is dedicated to Kimberley Lynch & Adrian Foster, who gave the work its first performance on 30 May 2021 in a concert broadcast from the majestic church of Saints-Anges Gardiens de Lachine in Montréal, Canada. 

The work is a setting for amplified soprano, live electronics & organ of the 1896 poem 'Beata Solitudo' by Ernest Dowson (1867 - 1900).

Beata Solitudo

What land of Silence,
   Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossom
   And dew-drenched vine,
   Is yours and mine?

The silent valley
   That we will find,
Where all the voices
   Of humankind
   Are left behind.

There all forgetting,
   Forgotten quite,
We will repose us,
   With our delight
   Hid out of sight.

The world forsaken,
   And out of mind
Honour and labour,
   We shall not find
   The stars unkind.

And men shall travail,
   And laugh and weep;
But we have vistas
   Of gods asleep,
   With dreams as deep.

A land of Silence,
   Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossoms
   And dew-drenched vine,
   Be yours and mine!

THE LAND OF SILENCE (2021)

ranula lift HQ

halF tranquiL

Naviar Haiku is a weekly challenge to create a piece of music based on a poem. See https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/. This week's haiku is by Yamaguchi Sodo (fl. 1675):

I’m seeing the blue sea
The sound of drum has very softened
And Spring is in the air

For this one (my 5th) I thought I'd try something different from my usual electroacoustic creations. It's an orchestral piece - in 7/8 time - to celebrate springtime. Is it also a bit jokey? You can decide...

To Calmer Seas (naviarhaiku388)

Album di Stefania Vacca

Arrugas

A brandnew sad piano piece...
Please stop sadden my heart. It's just been through too much... 

"Don't sadden my Heart"
composed by (c) Natalie Klisch, 19th June 2021
performed and recorded by (c) Natalie Klisch, 21st June 2021
Cover Art was created by Natalie Klisch with Canva
All RIghts reserved.

Don't Sadden My Heart (Demo Version)

Lucy fiction

Legends Of The Fall

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving space inspired by play in the spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation connects the unexpected, mining the boundary between music and non-music to shape sound worlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity. Listen freely, explore deeply, and for the sounds to live for your eyes as well as your ears, please stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining this journey! Your support helps keep this afloat ... and is HUGELY appreciated 🥰

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