Green Heron Flight Call.wav from KevinSonger used with thanks: https://freesound.org/people/KevinSonger/sounds/635634/

without a voice
the heron would disappear –
morning snow

haiku by Fukuda Chiyo-ni http://haikukan.city.hakusan.ishikawa.jp/english/about/index.html

picture by Chandler Cruttenden https://unsplash.com/@chanphoto

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

halved foci

halF voiceD [naviarhaiku459]

naviarhaiku460:
Frozen dew gleams
Spiderwebs made stark
The cusp of winter

haiku: David Pattison https://twitter.com/DavidPa71415858
image: Artur Pawlak https://pixabay.com/users/artellliii72-15900295/
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Spiderwebs Made Stark [NaviarHaiku460]

:::
my contribution
to
Naviar Records
Haiku Challenge 461

my interpretation
of
a
haiku
by
Craig Lincoln

.
.
.

the sound of rain
on a cold spring morn
the town is quiet

~ quiet ::: naviar haiku 461

naviarhaiku465:
syntonic
the acquiescent bend
of a willow

haiku: Jenn Ryan-Jauregui https://twitter.com/jennfel
image: SQ He https://unsplash.com/@idwyss465
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Acquiescent Bend [NaviarHaiku465]

Naviar Haiku 465

syntonic
the acquiescent bend
of a willow

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui is a haiku and senryu poet from Tucson, Arizona. She was recently selected as the grand prize winner in the Haiku Crush Best Haiku Anthology 2022 contest, and has had work featured in several online publications and anthologies.

Sýntonos

Sýntonos (NaviarHaiku465)

Feening Final Version

Lowelor

“Trudge” alludes to the weird disconnected-yet-superconnected reality that envelopes us all day, every day. We wade through a mire of strangely polished ‘normal’ on every social medium we consume, and then can’t work out why we feel so substandard all the time. We voraciously seek the positive feedback that is designed to suck us in and keep us coming back for more. We scroll, and scroll, and scroll, and scroll. What will it take for us to stop and look up? Or will we all slowly fall into the void?

Lyrics

This is the future baby
Trudge along ahead
Lead in my footsteps baby
Follow in my stead

Oh I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

Friends on my left babe
Friends on my right
They like what I’m doing
But they can’t help me tonight

Oh I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
Standing alone

I feel like nobody today
Faceless, insignificant, in the way
In the way
In the way

Yeah I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

We’re so together
But inside we’re so alone
Got all the answers babe
But still just don’t really know
We don’t really know, no

Yeah I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
Standing alone
I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

Credits

Ben Singer (@bensingermusic) and Sarah Golding (@voiceofgolding)
Drums: Sam Carter

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Trudge

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Willows Whispered This Gentle Breeze

Einsamkeit

The Mourning Helm

mikey_a is an ambient and soundscape artist living in Melbourne, Australia.
Though now producing mainly in the box with a mix of VST and field recordings he still likes to occasionally crank out some of the physical treasures he's owned since the '80s: a Korg MonoPoly, a Roland TR-606, TB-303, S-10 and D-110 along with a TEAC 3440 reel-to-reel.
He is a frequent contributor to the Naviar Records' Haiku Challenge and Disquiet Junto projects.