Deadline: 1st May 2024

All submissions to Haiku 538:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku538-only-the-moon-remains/

To participate:
- 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)”
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- 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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haiku #538: Only the moon remains / floating in the memory / upon Kinokawa River

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River
 
There's so little information about this amazing renga poet that I decided to share another poem written by him. This one is part of a longer sequence, written in 1463:

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River—
pale glistening waves,
the blank wake of drowned men.
 
About this poem, the author said: "Among the hundreds and thousands who have drowned and perished in this river
due to the disorders in this province were those whom I knew in former days. Often
I would walk along the river, gazing at the moon."

(Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei)

Shinkei (1406-75) was a renowned renga poet and critic, best known for his two-part work "Sasamegoto" (Murmured Conversations). To find out more about this interesting and largely unknown poet-priest, I recommend reading Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

Haiku by Shinkei: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3348384

more halF unusuaL

halF onlY [naviarhaiku538]

25Apr24

My naviarhaiku538 submission
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/748642894936784896/naviarhaiku538-only-the-moon-remains
:D

Only the moon remains [naviarhaiku538]

An electronic composition created in Pure Data.

Moon Floating (naviarhaiku538)

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River
 
There's so little information about this amazing renga poet that I decided to share another poem written by him. This one is part of a longer sequence, written in 1463:

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River—
pale glistening waves,
the blank wake of drowned men.
 
About this poem, the author said: "Among the hundreds and thousands who have drowned and perished in this river
due to the disorders in this province were those whom I knew in former days. Often I would walk along the river, gazing at the moon."

(Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei)

Shinkei (1406-75) was a renowned renga poet and critic, best known for his two-part work "Sasamegoto" (Murmured Conversations). To find out more about this interesting and largely unknown poet-priest, I recommend reading Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

moon [naviarhaiku538]

Created on iPad with AUM, Riffer, Fugue Machine, mLFO, BLEASS Arpeggiator, RingsFX, Weeping Wall, Gauss, Yukawa, Twin 3, BLEASS Voices, Nerd Synth, Axon 3, AltiSpace2, Lagrange, Stellarvox, Quanta, SpaceFields
Mixed and mastered with Cubase 13 and Ozone 10, added some (Dawesome) Love...

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 538:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku538-only-the-moon-remains/

Photo by zenbytes (2023, North Platte River, Wyoming, USA)

floating in the memory - Naviarhaiku 538

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River

--Shinkei

Kinokawa (Naviarhaiku538)

night prayer no. 3

A reflection of contemporary society and our inability to communicate and agree on a common reality. This work features Italian Soprano Silvia Pepe

Fragmentation feat Silvia Pepe

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
611
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku611-half-asleep-eyes/

2025-09-18

half-asleep eyes (Naviarhaiku 611)

Little song for Natsume Seibi Haiku:

"Half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms"


Half-asleep blossoms (naviarhaiku611)

Made for the haiku challenge 611 of Naviar records.

half-asleep eyes open to a dreamlike world of blossoms

by: Natsume Seibi

Natsume Seibi (1749-1816) was the son of a wealthy Edo rice broker and was acquainted with a number of other famous poets, including Oshima Ryota and Kobayashi Issa. In addition to his poetry, Seibi left behind a number of fine examples of haikai prose. 

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Blossoms (naviarhaiku611)

Dreamy Blossoms (naviarhaiku611)

PILZE

An exploration of Bloom Ten Worlds from Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers.

Bloom World 7 - 092725

For Anthony Cutrera Morales
https://soundcloud.com/carum-2
October 3, 2025

LETTER TO ANTHONY

A song from ANSOUND (Thomas Sander) https://soundcloud.com/ansound-655183295 and Doug Seidel

just start over

Vheissu77 is a German electronic artist focused on ambient and melodic electronica. He has been producing music since 2003 and releasing his own works regularly since 2020. His soundscapes are mostly digital – playful, atmospheric, and image-rich.
“The path to a finished piece of music is often far more important than the result.”

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

Kinokawa (Naviarhaiku538)

vheissu77

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