scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Picture by Michel Stockman
 

Submission deadline: 23rd July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Mountain Path (NaviarHaiku602)

insect tremolo
soberingly cools the heat
of farmland roads

Kogetsu Eguchi (1825-1867) was a Japanese poet active in the late Edo period. Together with Kazan Watanabe, he authored the haiku book Tōke shunchō.

Haiku by Kogetsu Eguchi

Picture by Luca Ercolani

Mutable cicada4_Naviarhaiku603

Korg monotron with loop pedal and tape delay (in that order). Added some strings and brass afterwards.

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku603-insect-tremolo/

insect tremolo-naviarhaiku603

naviarhaiku603 – insect tremolo
July 23, 2025
insect tremolo
soberingly cools the heat
of farmland roads

by: Kogetsu Eguchi

Music made with Korrel Grain Player. 7 tracks. Free Samples by  Pixabay  (https://pixabay.com/)

insect tremolo (naviarhaiku603)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
604
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku604-in-spring-sunlight/

2025-07-31

In spring sunlight (Naviarhaiku 604)

In spring sunlight
the rows of tea bushes
ripple like waves

by Tōge Morita


https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku604-in-spring-sunlight/

wind through the tea bushes (naviarhaiku604)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 605

just inside the fence
to prohibited grounds
wild violets
 

Shida Yaba (1663-1740) was a haiku poet born in Fukui Prefecture. One of Bashō’s most famous Ten Disciples, he was also the editor of the poetry anthology Sumidawara (Charcoal sack, 1694).

Haiku by Shida Yaba

Picture by Flower Four

Submission deadline: 13th August 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Steps Forbidden (naviarhaiku605)

Faint yet clear (naviarhaiku606)

Please listen with headphones
Experimental music, August 2025

Experimentelle Musik darf alles haha!

Roland JX 3P and acoustic guitar.
Mooer Ocean Machine

Made for the haiku challenge n. 606 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku606-slightly-faint/

hi-res download

slightly faint, yet clear (naviarhaiku606)

More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/

Mutable cicada4_Naviarhaiku603

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