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haiku #621: Deutzia in full white - / deep in the night, / the Milky Way.

2025-11-02

poetic sunday - NLS

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

   -- Saitō Sanki --

autumn beach (naviarhaiku617)

2025-11-10

to emerge from the fog

2025-11-15

insomnia

The Moon inside - Part 2

ARCHIPELAG

Ręka na ręce i głowa na głowie
kapelusz na kapeluszu
noga na nodze i słońce na deszczu
blizna na bliźnie i smutek za smutkiem

wina za winą i kara za karą
dymek za dymkiem, miłość za sterem
ścieżka za ścieżką
rozpacz za szczęściem
gorycz za cukrem dni śródfalowych

kurzu tuman za kurzu tumanem
but na bucie i chustka na chustce
fajka na fajce, książka na książce
cisza zaszyta we wrzasku
wieczność zamknięta w pustce

tors na torsie i tyłek przy tyłku
czoło na czole i łezka na łezce
wino za winem, gniew za gniewem
ulga na uldze i karzeł za karłem
Marks za aniołem i Engels za Marksem
płytka na płytce, klatka po klatce

usta na ustach i oczy na oczach
wargi spękane i wargi wilgotne
skroń przy skroni i nos na nosie
kartka na kartce, sfora za sforą
cień na cieniu, nędza za nędzą

ucho za uchem i palec przy palcu
włosy na włosach i udo przy udzie
szmira za szmirą
kotka przy kotce, suka za suką
rebus za rebusem

metr po metrze i metro za tramwaj
idol na idolu, ikona na ikonie
chwila po chwili i słowo na słowie
kropka po kropce, ranek za rankiem
piwo za piwem, szklanka za szklanką

kwiatek na kwiatku i grosz za groszem
kubek za kubkiem i krzesło za krzesłem
ściana na ścianie i dziw nad dziwami
jesteśmy tu wszyscy
współplemieńcami

***

Hand on hand and head on head hat on hat leg on leg and sun on rain scar on scar and sorrow after sorrow

guilt after guilt and punishment after punishment smoke after smoke, love at the helm path after path despair after happiness bitterness after the sugar of mid‑wave days

dust cloud after dust cloud shoe on shoe and kerchief on kerchief pipe on pipe, book on book silence sewn into the scream eternity locked in emptiness

torso on torso and buttock by buttock forehead on forehead and teardrop on teardrop wine after wine, anger after anger relief on relief and dwarf after dwarf Marx after angel and Engels after Marx tile on tile, frame after frame

lips on lips and eyes on eyes cracked lips and moist lips temple by temple and nose on nose page on page, pack after pack shadow on shadow, misery after misery

ear after ear and finger by finger hair on hair and thigh by thigh trash after trash kitten by kitten, bitch after bitch riddle after riddle

meter by meter and subway for tram idol on idol, icon on icon moment by moment and word on word dot by dot, morning after morning beer after beer, glass after glass

flower on flower and penny after penny cup after cup and chair after chair wall on wall and wonder upon wonders we are all here tribesfolk together

https://shatteredlotusflower.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/archipelag-polish-poem-by-adam-majdecki-janicki-read-by-the-author/

"Archipelag" | Polish poem by Adam Majdecki-Janicki, read by the author.

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picture https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200129309 Een tuinman verzorgt een jonge boom
Jacques Callot, 1621 - 1635

Garden man, keep on digging
filtering the mulch from clay.
For your work you'll be rewarded
With a splendid harvest, 
on a future day.

Garden girl, making selfies,
filtering roots from layers of ground,
seedlings in topsoil, 
make the season go round.


Garden plans, it's only patience
Check the weather on your app
Come rain or shine,
All will be fine,
Pumpkins and onions,
mushrooms and wallnuts,
beetroot and cabbage,
Anything goes,...

Gardenman

Little song for Ikenishi Gonsui haiku:

"Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way."

In my language:

"Deutzia tota blanca -
en la nit profunda,
la Via Làctia."

Deutzia gracilis is the scientific name.

Deutzia gracilis (naviarhaiku621)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
621
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

2025-11-27

Deutzia in full white  (Naviarhaiku 621)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 26 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synth, effects.

This original version of "Head Inoperative” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 621: Deutzia In Full White.

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

by: Ikenishi Gonsui

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled *Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū,* was published in 2003.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 25 Oct 2025, Grand Central Station, NYC, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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Head Inoperative (naviarhaiku621)

27Nov25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/801286007066656768/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white
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deep in the night [naviarhaiku621]

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū, was published in 2003.

Haiku by Ikenishi Gonsui

Picture by Christina Deravedisian

The Naviar haiku music challenge invites artists to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 129 - NaviarHaiku621 - Deutzia in Full White

DANACH WAR ES KEINER

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 621
Sur un haïku de Ikenishi Gonsui:
Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

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

Deutzia in full white

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

Deutzia in full white

Anne Versailles

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