Connect with your inner heron! 😜 ... An abstract take on a beautiful haiku, making good use of Virsyn's wonderful Cube 2 resynthesising synth ... Enjoy! ☺️

Amongst the rushes,
a stillness comes over us -
Heron in winter.

roekin is a mark of gratitude; an attribution to all that is; kin.
Dependently arising, from a life lived simply, peace+haiku is the growing collection of poetry and writings attributed to roekin.
The collection can be found at roekin.com.
 
Haiku by roekin: https://www.roekin.com

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

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halF stillnesS [naviarhaiku576]

Curve of time -
a thought takes flight,
scent of a rose.

Vincenzo, aka El Wud, is an electronic musician from Naples, Italy.

A regular participant in our haiku music challenge, El Wud uses sound overlaps, causal collisions and cosmic echoes to create evocative soundscapes.

I translated Vincenzo's haiku from Italian, and made some minor variations. I hope you'll find it inspiring.

Haiku by El Wud: https://soundcloud.com/el-wud-1

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

halF curveD [naviarhaiku577]

An exploration of not bells ... be careful, though ... the SoundCloud algorithm doesn't consider this music, and I didn't really want to "modify your track to make it eligible" for recommendation to potentially interested listeners! 😂

More on the 682nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Unring a Bell — The Assignment: What if you could? — at https://disquiet.com/0682/

halF unrunG [disquiet0682]

one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon

Marco from Naviar Records couldn't find any information about a haiku poet whose pen name was Senjo. He came across this poem in The Penguin Book of Haiku, but there's no mention of his/her life or other works. However, he liked it so much that he decided to share it anyway and hopes you'll find it inspiring, too.

If anyone else has more information on this mysterious haiku poet, please get in touch with Naviar Records and they'll update the description.

Haiku by Senjo

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

halF withdrawN [naviarhaiku578]

More on the 683rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Space Shot — The Assignment: Combine reverberant and non-reverberant — at https://disquiet.com/0683/

halF reverberanT [disquiet0683]

here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets

Arii Shokyu-Ni was a haiku poetess during the Edo period who began a wandering life after running away from her husband at 29 with the haiku poet Kohaku. Just like Matsuo Basho, "the Nun Shokyu" traveled to the Deep North of Japan.
 
Haiku by Arii Shokyu-Ni: https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/shokyu-ni.html

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

halF scorcheD [naviarhaiku582]

More on the 687th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Applied Science — The Assignment: Record a piece of music that includes physiological and behavioral techniques — at https://disquiet.com/0687/

halF behaviouraL [disquiet0687]

out of the blue
of early morning light:
a paulownia leaf

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta: https://thepoetryhour.com/poets/oshima-ryota/

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halF leaF [naviarhaiku583]

I totally LOVE this sign on a stairwell at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, UK, so I've enjoyed making it into a track! 😜 It looks to me like the figure is tap dancing down the stairs, so I've tried to capture that a little. Also, the stairs suggest a walking bass, but, as they are clearly falling or tripping, it (obviously) needed to be a little less step-wise! 😁

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/kedleston-hall

More on the 688th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sign Up — The Assignment: Interpret a routine public sign as a musical instruction — at https://disquiet.com/0688/

halF triP [disquiet0688]

heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down

Kajiwara Hashin was born in 1864 and studied under Kyoshi. Although Hashin is not very well-known as a poet, this particular haiku that he wrote is quite popular worldwide: it was first translated by Miyamori Asataro and later by R. H. Blyth.

Haiku by Kajiwara Hashin: https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2013/10/butterfly-dream-falling-snow-haiku-by.html

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

halF neitheR [naviarhaiku584]

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. 🥰

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