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haiku #623: “Don’t pick it!” / then picks and gives to me / a garden plum

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

(almost) black (naviarhaiku619)

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)

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

Made for the haiku challenge 622 of Naviar records.

Under the burning sky -
a procession of ants,
without end.

Haiku by Santoka Taneda

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.
Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Under the burning sky (naviarhaiku622)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
622
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku622-under-the-burning-sky/

Under the burning sky - (Naviarhaiku 622)

This is another in my continuing obsessive series of making small piano miniatures. By focussing in on just one word in this week's @naviar-records haiku challenge, I'm also keeping the parameters of the composition tiny too: two piano lines that makes for a very simple piece to play.

The only changes I use Logic to make are the velocities of individual notes, and using the valve mastering preset.

Here's information about this week's @naviar-records haiku challenge:

"Under the burning sky -
a procession of ants,
without end."

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

The piece's title "Without" is taken from this haiku by Santoka Taneda

Extract of picture by Peyton Clough

Submission deadline: 10th December 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Without (naviarhaiku622)

Under the burning sky -
a procession of ants,
without end.

- Santōka -

The Ants! They March! (naviarhaiku622)

a procession of ants-naviarhaiku622

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 622:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku622-under-the-burning-sky/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Wyoming, USA, 2023)


procession - Naviarhaiku622

Little song for Tan Taigi haiku:
“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum"

Only hardware this time for this song. Juno 60 sounds are always good.

Then picks (naviarhaiku623)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
623
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it/

2025-12-11

“Don’t pick it!” (Naviarhaiku 623)

11Dec25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/802546819033890816/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it
😊

“Don’t pick it!” [naviarhaiku623]

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

Plum Garden (naviarhaiku623)

Made for the haiku challenge 623 of Naviar records.

“Don’t pick it!” then picks and gives to me a garden plum

by: Tan Taigi

Tan Taigi was a haiku poet of the Edo period. He was a wanderer for most of his life and admired by Yosa Buson for his ability to transcend his eclectic and unconventional lifestyle with sublime poetry.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Don’t pick it! (naviarhaiku623)

The haiku that directed this:

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

Naviar haiku challenge 623, details here:  https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I decided to focus on the moment that the plum is picked making this very much a work in two parts, the tension between the desire to pick the plum and the instruction not to. Then after the deed is irrevocably done, the bitter-sweet   taste of the picked plum. 

Although the track is in two parts it was performed and recorded as a single live take; all the lements were assembled using Voltage Modular with automated switching allowing for the transition to be triggered as a single control message, (One hit on a pad on my MIDI controller).   

Garden Plum - (naviarhaiku - 623)

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

Garden Plum - (naviarhaiku - 623)

Mr_Lamppost

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