All submissions are here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku594-caged-bird/

To participate in the Haiku Music challenge:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
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- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

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haiku #594: caged bird / glaring with envious eyes / at butterflies!

caged bird
glaring with envious eyes
at butterflies!
 

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun.

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa: http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php

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

more halF unusuaL

halF cageD [naviarhaiku594]

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 21 May 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, effects.

This original version of "Operating Alongside The Existing Scratch" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 594: Caged Bird.

caged bird
glaring with envious eyes
at butterflies!

by: Kobayashi Issa

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 14 Feb 2014, Penn Station, NYC, NY, USA & 13 Feb 2025

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Operating Alongside The Existing Scratch (naviarhaiku594)

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

Envy (naviarhaiku594)

23May25
My naviarhaiku594 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/784155891514605568/naviarhaiku594-caged-bird
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caged bird [naviarhaiku594]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
594
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku594-caged-bird/

2025-05-25

caged bird (Naviarhaiku 594)

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 594.
Sur un haïku de Kobayashi Issa :

caged bird
glaring with envious eyes
at butterflies! 

www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/


Caged bird and butterfly

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered on 28 May 2017 & 06 Jun 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA. 

Synths, effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 06 Jun 2015 & 06 Jun 2025, Massapequa, NY, USA 

©2015, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Usually May Disappear” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0701: Gap Ear. The Assignment: Break apart a piece of music and fill the resulting spaces.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 701st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Gap Ear — The Assignment: Break apart a piece of music and fill the resulting spaces — at https://disquiet.com/0701/

Usually May Disappear (disquiet0701)

naviarhaiku596 – spring dream…
June 4, 2025
spring dream…
not becoming unhinged
is what’s unbearable

by: Konishi Raizan

Pianoforte (4 linee) Reaktor (Korrel e sequencers).

Unberable Spring (naviarhaiku596)

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)

An electronic sequence created using BeepBox and Audacity.

More on the 704th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right on Cumulus — The Assignment: Compose 8-bit music inspired by a Cory Arcangel / Super Mario video — at https://disquiet.com/0704/

Chippy Combo (disquiet0704)

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)

The first sentence of Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig is, "I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning."

More on the 705th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Book Start — The Assignment: Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0705/. This week’s project was proposed by Neil Stringfellow.

halF icanseebymywatcH [disquiet0705]

A track produced for the 600th Naviar Records Haiku Challenge; 7 days in which to write and record a piece in response to the haiku posted. The haiku, 'thinking of us, the sound of wind, among the pines' made me think of the 'us' as several voices carried in the wind through the forest, so I used solely voice samples for the track.

Us the Wind Among the Pines (naviarhaiku600)

for the haiku challenge n. 600 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku600-thinking-of-us/

wind in the pines (naviarhaiku600)

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

600 among the pines_Navairhaiku600

6:00 minutes of ambient music to celebrate the 600th episode of Naviar Records' haiku music challenge.  

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku600-thinking-of-us/

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


6:00 [ naviarhaiku600 ]

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

Caged bird and butterfly

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