The target haiku for this was:

Under the twilight sky
light shimmering on the pond -
swallows in autumn

Naviar haiku challenge 595, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Having used a canary for the last challenge I didn't want to do birdsong again so concentrated on the shimmering twilight. Created in virtual modular using VCV Rack and a lot of delay/reverb plugins, all in place when I recorded a "Live" improvisation**. It has been said that "You can't have too many reverbs" ant I almost all of them somewhere on this track. if anyone is curious, leave a comment and I'll list them.

** I made some selective edits to the recoding to bring the track under the Soundcloud the minute promotion limit, no re-records or punch-ins.  

Under The Twilight Sky - (naviarhaiku - 595)

Here's my musical contribution to this week's haiku from excellent @naviar-records. 

rain rituals - 
if the gods are here now 
to see the paddies
 
by: Takarai Kikaku

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/

Rain rituals (naviarhaiku599)

thinking of us
the sound of wind
among the pines

Andrea Cecon is a hearing aids technician, a traveler, and a haijin published all over the world. His first ebook won 3rd place in the Sharp Writ Book Awards contest in 2011 (category: poetry). Residing in Cividale, Italy, with his wife, Russian haijin Valeria Simonova-Cecon. He finds his inspiration in memories, travels, and everyday life…

Haiku by Andrea Cecon

Picture by Ali Kazal
 

Submission deadline: 9th July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Thinking Of Us (NaviarHaiku600)

2025-07-08

string theory

My submission for the Naviar Haiku Challenge #601. More on Naviar Haiku here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Otherworldly Light - naviarhaiku601

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 601

pulling light
from the other world . . .
the Milky Way

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

Picture by Thomas Ciszewski

 
Submission deadline: 16th July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Milky Way Calling (naviarhaiku601)

It's been a while..so good to create in response again.

The haiku:

pulling light
from the other world . . .
the Milky Way

by Yatsuka Ishihara

Thanks Naviar.

Pulling Light [naviarhaiku601]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
602
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku602-scent-of-plum/

2025-07-17

scent of plum(Naviarhaiku 602)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 11 Nov 2020 & 17/18 Jul 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, pedals, effects.

This original version of "Can I Have A Camel Custard?” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 602: Scent Of Plum.

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

by: Matsuo Bashō

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 18 Nov 2018, LIRR, NY, USA

Music & art © 2018, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Can I Have A Camel Custard? (naviarhaiku602)

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Picture by Michel Stockman
 

Submission deadline: 23rd July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Mountain Path (NaviarHaiku602)

Scent of plum
In a flash of rising sun!
The mountain path

(it has been suggested that F#/F#minor is the key of purple...
hence the key of my composition...)

NaviarHaiku602_the mountain path

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.

Under The Twilight Sky - (naviarhaiku - 595)

Mr_Lamppost

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