Naviar Haiku 525

vernal seas…
all day long swelling, falling
swelling, falling
 
One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

This haiku was translated by Adam L. Kern.
 
Haiku by Yosa Buson

Picture by Cris S.

Wave Dynamics

Wave Dynamics (NaviarHaiku525)

Naviar Haiku 526

Turning around,
I see my shadow
in the moonlight

Sumitaku Kenshin was a haiku poet who practiced free-form haiku. He started writing poety after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and dedicated the last 2 years of his life to haiku, leaving 281 poems, mostly published by the free-form haiku magazine Kaishi.

Haiku by Sumitaku Kenshin
Picture by Marco Sebastiano Alessi

Moons Ago

Moons Ago (NaviarHaiku526)

Naviar Haiku 527

ore train
bright colors
passing quickly
 
Jerome Berglund has worked as everything from dishwasher to paralegal, night watchman to assembler of heart valves.

Many haiku, haiga and haibun he’s written have been exhibited or are forthcoming online and in print, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. His first full-length collections of poetry Bathtub Poems and Funny Pages were just released by Setu and Meat For Tea press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika.
 
Haiku by Jerome Berglund

Picture by CHUTTERSNAP

The Blue Rail

The Blue Rail (NaviarHaiku527)

Naviar Haiku 528

What's a month for the sea
as the waves touch my feet
a shiver, endless

Haiku by Marco Alessi

Picture by Frank McKenna

Time as Variable

Naviar Haiku 532

Wordless
all day long
the shadow of a butterfly

Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.

Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.

Haiku by Hosai Ozaki

Picture by sumingliu youyo

Wordless Shadows Speak to Me

Wordless Shadows Speak to Me (NaviarHaiku532)

Naviar Haiku 535

Come outside!
we can almost touch
the spring moon

Nakamura Teijo was a Japanese poet from Kumamoto. A great admirer of Sugita Hisajo, she started writing haiku poetry in 1918, when she was eighteen. In 1934 she joined the prestigious Hototogisu magazine and, in 1940, published her first poetry collection, Shunsetsu 春雪. In 1947 she launched a magazine called Kazabana, which she edited and supervised until her death, in 1988.

Haiku by Nakamura Teijo
Picture by Vino Li

The Moon in Passing

The Moon in Passing (NaviarHaiku535)

Naviar Haiku 536

Tall, wide-arching trees
Assume a cathedral shape
Until darkness falls

John participated in the Naviar Haiku challenge for over 4 years, almost every week, and shared both his music and poetry with us. He'll be deeply missed. "John Hinks, aka FlownBlue, was a prolific and talented composer, and a regular participant in the Haiku challenge. Aside from his solo project, John was also involved in multiple projects: ‘Windfall Light‘ (with Jim Tetlow), ‘Abstract Blue‘ (with Kevin Buckland), ‘Light Fragments‘ (with Steve Escott), Szukanie (with Michał Wojciechowski), and Meadowlight (with Emma Reed)."

Haiku by John Hinks

Picture by Mike Petrucci

FlownBlue’s Forest Cathedral

FlownBlue’s Forest Cathedral (NaviarHaiku536)

Caught Up

https://youtu.be/rn_zmYjNv6E

The corn outside my window grew an inch during a ten-minute rain. The field is slowly turning from brown to green, out to the horizon. A robin stares into my open window, seeming interested in the sound of piano.

Piano Rain

Gold and Silver would have you choose Red or Blue
https://youtu.be/NlumfPORoXE
https://open.spotify.com/album/6A4kJHZnDEHjfxsqetV2y4?si=gcAxQLA1SsKY_Cpb_Eq5ew
https://music.apple.com/us/album/animus-undone/1760122460?i=1760122461

Animus Undone

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

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