Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on X, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want) compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

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haiku #557: I write, erase, rewrite / erase again, and then / a poppy blooms.

I write, erase, rewrite
erase again, and then
a poppy blooms.

This is the death poem of Tachibana Hokushi, sometimes wrongly attributed to the Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai.

Tachibana Hokushi, whose real name was Tachibana Genjiro, was born in Kanazawa in 1665. Hokushi was one of Basho’s most famous students at the time, and he even accompanied the great master during part of his famous journey through the narrow roads of the North, from Kanazawa to Matsuoka.

Haiku by Tachibana Hokushi

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

more halF unusuaL

halF erasurE [naviarhaiku557]

I write, erase, rewrite
erase again, and then
a poppy blooms.

This is the death poem of Tachibana Hokushi, sometimes wrongly attributed to the Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai.

Tachibana Hokushi, whose real name was Tachibana Genjiro, was born in Kanazawa in 1665. Hokushi was one of Basho’s most famous students at the time, and he even accompanied the great master during part of his famous journey through the narrow roads of the North, from Kanazawa to Matsuoka.

Haiku by Tachibana Hokushi

Picture by Pawel Czerwinski

A Poppy Blooms (Naviarhaiku557)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
557

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku557-i-write-erase-rewrite/

2024-09-05

I Write, Erase, Rewrite ( Naviarhaiku 557 )

A track made for the Naviar haiku challenge #557 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku557-i-write-erase-rewrite/

Early-morning improvisation on a Roland JX-3P.

write, erase, rewrite

Write, Erase, Rewrite (naviarhaiku557)

5Sep24

My naviarhaiku557 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/760695231362596864/naviarhaiku557-i-write-erase-rewrite
:D

I write, erase, rewrite [naviarhaiku557]

Created in response to,

I write, erase, rewrite
erase again, and then
a poppy blooms.

Naviar Haiku challenge 557, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Everything generated from one multi output VCV Rack virtual modular patch manipulated in one "Live" take via mapped physical controls. In addition some external post processing effects were added but these were active during recording so their effect could be judged and incorporated.

Erase Rewrite - (NaviarHaiku - 557)

So It Was

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

Portrait of Philip Glass by Graziano Origa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip-glass-by-origa.jpg

philip [ naviarhaiku610 ]

half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms

Natsume Seibi (1749-1816) was the son of a wealthy Edo rice broker and was acquainted with a number of other famous poets, including Oshima Ryota and Kobayashi Issa. In addition to his poetry, Seibi left behind a number of fine examples of haikai prose. 

Haiku by Natsume Seibi

Picture by Pascal Bullan

beryl mossed wools - naviarhaiku611

you know the game - it's called naviar records haiku challenge ;)

half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms

       -Natsume Seibi-

dreamlike blossoms

Enjoy the accompanying video at https://youtu.be/3GmrnYzEG-E ...

faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly

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).

Haiku by Yatsuka Ishihara

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

visuals (YouTube)

halF butterflY [naviarhaiku612]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
612
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake/

2025-09-25

faring over the lake (Naviarhaiku 612)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 24 Sep 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, effects.

This original version of "Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibratio” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 612: Faring Over The Lake.

faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly

by: Yatsuka Ishihara

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Oct 2015, Central Park, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Music & art © 2015, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Patreon & Soundcloud - blisterpop
YouTube - Jimmy Lem
TikTok - jimmlem
Bluesky - jimmylem.bsky.social

Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibration  (naviarhaiku612)

Little song for Yatsuka Ishihara haiku:

"Faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly"

Faring over the light (naviarhaiku612)

26Sep25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/795574358626140160/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake
😊

an autumn butterfly [naviarhaiku612]

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers

playing with
https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/star-above-the-peak-naviarhaiku-613

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for the current Naviar Haiku challenge
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake-copy/

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Star above the peak -
a silk worm-breeding village
silently asleep

Mizuhara Shuoshi


Asleep [Naviar Haiku # 613]

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

Erase Rewrite - (NaviarHaiku - 557)

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