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To participate in the Haiku Music challenge:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”

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- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track. Make it public before contacting me.
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haiku #621: Deutzia in full white - / deep in the night, / the Milky Way.

This is my keyboard miniature response to this week's @naviar-records haiku challenge. Here's more information about that:

"an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea."

Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

haiku by Saitō Sanki

image extract from a picture by John Jason

Submission deadline: 5th November 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

the skeleton (naviarhaiku617)

the harp player
moves under cover
market day

kjmunro cultivates poetry on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation & the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She founded & facilitates ‘solstice haiku', a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse, & manages a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation called Haiku Dialogue. She is the recipient of the 2023 Borealis Prize – The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, & her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

haiku by kjmunro

Picture by Indira Tjokorda

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 125 - NaviarHaiku618 - The Harp Player

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Music-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku618-the-harp-player/

the harp player-naviarhaiku618

the harp player
moves under cover
market day

kjmunro cultivates poetry on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation & the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She founded & facilitates ‘solstice haiku', a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse, & manages a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation called Haiku Dialogue. She is the recipient of the 2023 Borealis Prize – The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, & her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

haiku by kjmunro

Picture by Indira Tjokorda

Submission deadline: 12th November 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Harpist (NaviarHaiku618)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku619-almost-black/

almost black
deepening purple
ripe grapes

by: Masaoka Shiki

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Haiku by Masaoka Shiki

Picture by Hassan Anayi

anthocyanin [ naviarhaiku619 ]

made for the naviar haiku challenge n.619: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku619-almost-black/

(almost) black (naviarhaiku619)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 691:
www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku619-almost-black/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (La Palma, Spain, 2015)


deepening purple - Naviarhaiku619

Little song for Ikenishi Gonsui haiku:

"Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way."

In my language:

"Deutzia tota blanca -
en la nit profunda,
la Via Làctia."

Deutzia gracilis is the scientific name.

Deutzia gracilis (naviarhaiku621)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
621
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

2025-11-27

Deutzia in full white  (Naviarhaiku 621)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 26 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synth, effects.

This original version of "Head Inoperative” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 621: Deutzia In Full White.

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

by: Ikenishi Gonsui

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled *Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū,* was published in 2003.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 25 Oct 2025, Grand Central Station, NYC, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

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Head Inoperative (naviarhaiku621)

27Nov25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/801286007066656768/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white
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deep in the night [naviarhaiku621]

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū, was published in 2003.

Haiku by Ikenishi Gonsui

Picture by Christina Deravedisian

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 129 - NaviarHaiku621 - Deutzia in Full White

For naviarhaiku 621 entitled "deep in the night" taken from the haiku.  Milky Way  Photo by Chris Prasol

deep in the night               Naviarhaiku 621

My submission for the Naviar Haiku Challenge #621.

More on the challenge here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Deep in the Full White Night - naviarhaiku618

The haiku for this week:

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

Naviar haiku challenge 621, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

While I used Voltage Modular to control everything I did an experiment and rather than generating any actual sounds I converted the sequenced and generative control messages to MIDI and routed them to external synths. As part of this I was able to take my own input and convert it into playable "Sparkly" bursts.

Synths used:
Omiharp - Puremagnetik
Aperuit - Puremagnetik
Speldosa - Klevgrand
Miniverse - Cherry Audio

The output of each then routed to various delays, filters and reverb effects. 


Although the only things recorded were MIDI information and mixer automation the track including note probabilities and velocity modulations, is as performed  apart from a little trimming for time. 


Deep In The Night - (naviarhaiku - 621)

I'm primarily a visual artist both 2D and 3D, for the last decade I've operated almost exclusively in the digital 3D realm.   since the late 80s I've made periodic forays into the sonic world, MIDI sequencing, minimalism, musique concrète, found sounds  and improvisation. I am seldom happy with anything and seldom consider a piece finished.

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

Deep In The Night - (naviarhaiku - 621)

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