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haiku #588: The past, immutable - / an icicle stabs / directly downward

The past, immutable -
an icicle stabs
directly downward
 

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: https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/07/review-sanki-saito-selected-haiku.html

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

more halF unusuaL

halF immutablE [naviarhaiku588]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
588
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku588-the-past-immutable/

2025-04-10

The past, immutable  (Naviarhaiku 588 )

The past, immutable -
an icicle stabs
directly downward

by: Saitō Sanki

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited 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.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

SONG 84 - Naviarhaiku588

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

The Immutable Past (naviarhaiku588)

11Apr25
My naviarhaiku588 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/780349856376061952/naviarhaiku588-the-past-immutable

The past, immutable [naviarhaiku588]

Created in response to:

The past, immutable -
an icicle stabs
directly downward

Naviar haiku challenge 588, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The starting point for this was an experiment with converting the control voltages from a sequence inside Voltage Modular into MIDI data and passing that to Speldosa the music box plugin from Klevgrand: https://klevgrand.com/products/speldosa 

I then added the other elements including a second sequence and instance of Speldosa. In a break from the usual most of the effect processing was done externally. Although everything was recorded in one live take, mouse controlled to avoid MIDI channel conflicts. I tried recording the manipulations as automation tracks rather than just recording the results, OK in theory but a mess to work with, probably won't do that again.

Icicles - (naviarhaiku - 588)

Naviar Haïku 614

d'après le poème de Kaya Shirao

The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly

Picture: Aaron Burden

Dragonfly

dragonfly (naviarhaiku614)

Made for the haiku challenge 615 of Naviar records.

reminding me not to forget a toad goes out to the verdant world

by: Fusae Fubasami

Fusae Fubasami (1914–2014) was a Japanese poet from Tokyo. In 1944, she became associated with Dakotsu Īda and the haiku journal Unmo (雲母), later joining Yatsuka Ishihara’s group Aki (“Autumn”) in 1961.

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

To the verdant world (naviarhaiku615)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
615
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku615-reminding-me-not-to-forget/

reminding me not to forget (Naviarhaiku 615)

16Oct25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/797475126026305536/naviarhaiku615-reminding-me-not-to-forget
😊

the verdant world [naviarhaiku615]

reminding me not to forget
a toad goes out
to the verdant world

Fusae Fubasami (1914–2014) was a Japanese poet from Tokyo. In 1944, she became associated with Dakotsu Īda and the haiku journal Unmo (雲母), later joining Yatsuka Ishihara’s group Aki (“Autumn”) in 1961.

Haiku by Fusae Fubasami

Picture by Johannes Plenio

 

Submission deadline: 22nd October 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Reminding Me Not To Forget (naviarhaiku615)

A rare, solo water drum performance—every hit, ripple, and resonance sculpted into hypnotic acoustic detail.
Raw, immersive percussion transformed through natural acoustics and spatial precision.

Water Drums Solo (Hyper Classical reload)

made for the naviar haiku challenge #615 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku615-reminding-me-not-to-forget/

a toad jumps (naviarhaiku615)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
617
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku617-an-autumn-nightfall/

2025-10-31

an autumn nightfall (Naviarhaiku 617)

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)

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

Icicles - (naviarhaiku - 588)

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