BUTTERFLY’S WINGS (2006)
FOR SOLO MEZZO SOPRANO, FLUTE (ALSO PICCOLO + ALTO FLUTE IN G), MANDOLIN, GUITAR AND HARP.
Movement III- VIOLETS
LYRICS: BASHO
LIVE RECORDING AT KUNSTEN, Nordjylland Modern Art Museum, DENMARK.
Mezzo-Soprano: Annette Nielsen, Flutes: Karolina Leedo, Mandolin: Karl Petersen,
Guitar: Mats Lindblad, Harpe: Maria Sørensen.
Conductor: Louis Franz Aguirre

III-Violets (fra BUTTERFLY'S WINGS 2006)

Rich Youmans is an editor, writer, and poet with a primary interest in haibun. From 2018 to 2019 he served on the editorial team of Haibun Today, and in 2020 he became editor in chief of Contemporary Haibun Online and its related print anthology, Contemporary Haibun. His books include Shadow Lines (1999), linked haibun with Margaret Chula, and Head-On: Haibun Stories (2019), both of which were recognized in the HSA Merit Book Awards. He is also the co-author, with Roberta Beary and Lew Watts, of Haibun: A Writer’s Guide (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2023). He lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Visit Contemporary Haibun Online here:
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/

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This Week’s Prompt:
Find a song lyric from a genre you don’t normally listen to, and use that as an epigraph to a poem. 

Next Week's Prompt: 
Write a poem in which space is very important. Include a scent. 

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ep. 297 - Rich Youmans

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Marc Sheridan’s poem “cloud and mist alike / rendered unnoticeable – / bright moon tonight!”   

Tracklist:    

Night Note · bright moon tonight  https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/bright-moon-tonight-naviarhaiku-593
Boundary Objects · SONG 94  https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-94-naviarhaiku593
leon clowes · bright moon  https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/bright-moon-naviarhaiku593
Tuonela · The piercing moon https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/the-piercing-moon 
Ray Cobley · Mist and Moon  https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/mist-and-moon-naviarhaiku593 

Credits:   

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela  
voice intro: Ian Joyce  
cover image: Micah Hallahan   

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.  

To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku  

Support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #369 – Cloud and mist alike – Wednesday 28th May 2025

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 597:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

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

orchids by night - Naviarhaiku597

after the typhoon
I walk around alone -
sunshine everywhere

Hosomi Ayako (1907–1997) was a prominent haiku poet from Aogaki, Hyogo. After a series of personal tragedies, including the deaths of her husband and mother, she found solace in haiku during an illness. She later married Sawaki Kinichi, leader of the modern haiku group Kaze, and was deeply involved in the haiku community until her passing at 90.

Haiku by Hosomi Ayako: https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/hosomi-ayako.html
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF alonE [naviarhaiku598]

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kobayashi Issa’s poem “caged bird / glaring with envious eyes / at butterflies!”

Tracklist:


Boundary Objects · SONG 96 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-96-naviarhaiku594
Stan Magendanz · caged bird https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/caged-bird-naviarhaiku594
Jimmy Lem - Operating Alongside The Existing Scratch https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/operating-alongside-the-existing-scratch-naviarhaiku594
leon clowes · caged bird https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/caged-bird-naviarhaiku594
Mr_Lamppost · Caged Bird https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/caged_bird-naviarhaiku-594
Robert Knote · Cage Music https://soundcloud.com/robertknote/cage-music-naviarhaiku594

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #370 – Caged bird – Wednesday 4th June 2025

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge: 
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku598-after-the-typhoon/

after the typhoon-naviarhaiku598

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Dakotsu Īda’s poem “Under the twilight sky / light shimmering on the pond - / swallows in autumn”.   

Tracklist:   

Boundary Objects · SONG 99  https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-99-naviarhaiku595
Stan Magendanz · light shimmering on the pond  https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/light-shimmering-on-the-pond-naviarhaiku595
halF unusuaL · halF swallowS  https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-swallows-naviarhaiku595
zenbytes · under the twilight sky  https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/under-the-twilight-sky
leon clowes · autumn  https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/autumn-naviarhaiku595
Ray Cobley · Shimmering Twilight  https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/shimmering-twilight
Robert Knote · light shimmering on the pond  https://soundcloud.com/robertknote/light-shimmering-on-the-pond-naviarhaiku595  

Credits:   

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela  
voice intro: Ian Joyce  
cover image: Micah Hallahan   

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.  

To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #371 – Under the twilight sky – Wednesday 11th June 2025

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 598:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku598-after-the-typhoon/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Pilot Peak, Wyoming, USA, 2023)

Samples by
freetousesounds.bandcamp.com

after the typhoon - Naviarhaiku598

My good friend https://soundcloud.com/delirium-funk gave me his Bastl Kastle to play with ... and this rainy, ricey ritual little number slowly emerged from that crazy little box! Enjoy! 😁😜

rain rituals -
if the gods are here now
to see the paddies

Takarai Kikaku was one of the most accomplished disciples of Matsuo Bashō, famous also for writing a manuscript describing his master’s final days, and the immediate aftermath of his death.

Haiku by Takarai Kikaku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takarai_Kikaku

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

halF rituaL [naviarhaiku599]

Traveller in sound and space.  Enjoying and creating ambient, drone and experimental music.

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving project inspired by the playful spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation meets the unexpected, exploring the boundary between music and non-music to shape soundscapes that feel familiar yet foreign. Listen freely, explore deeply, and if you’d like to see these sounds come to life, stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining the journey! Your support helps keep this soundworld spinning. 🥰

https://louisaguirre.cargo.site/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpHP3DQe90w6q6uD_kY-UAw/featured?view_as=subscriber
Louis Aguirre (f. 1968) Cubansk komponist bosiddende i Danmark. Aguirre er uddannet som komponist i Cuba, Amsterdam, men fortsatte studierne efter han flyttede til Danmark i 2004, og afsluttede solistklassen i komposition ved Det jyske Musikkonservatorium i 2007. Aguirre er en stærk og original stemme i dansk musikliv. Hans værkliste, med mere end 200 værker, inkluderer: opera, orkester- og kammermusik, soloværker, vokalmusik, koral-, elektronisk- og didaktisk musik. Han er en aktiv del af musiklivet i Danmark og Nordjylland, bl.a. ved sit arbejde som medlem af komponistgruppen Snow Mask og som kunstnerisk leder af Snow Mask Ensemblet. En række af hans værker er inspirerede af den cubanske Santeria religion og de religiøse tekster fra området.

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

LOUNGE NOISE - SYPHILITIC EXOTICA - RAW AMBIENT - SADBIENT

 ### Makes the show "Nya Ljud" on Camp Radio: http://arkivfeber.se/nyaljud.html

https://linktr.ee/rikardfvs

Twitter and Bluesky: @rikardfvs

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sadbient

TikTok: @rikard157

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/rikardfvs/

Bandcamp: https://rikardfvs.bandcamp.com

Spotify: https://spotify.link/EyeMydE7Oyb

Earlier project / Colloboration:
https://hetdonkseoog.bandcamp.com/album/dp016-hamnskiftet
https://soundcloud.com/great-learning-orchestra
https://soundcloud.com/twooegg
https://myspace.com/rikardd/

Meet a new poet every week, as they talk life and share poems with Rattle's editor, Timothy Green. All that, plus Poets Respond and the Prompt Lines—live every Monday! 

Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organization.

New tracks tagged #HAIKU