If build and destroy
are music notes our island
is a symphony
For National Poetry Month, The New York Times asked readers to write haiku about the city: three lines of five, seven and five syllables. The response — more than 2,800 submissions in 10 days — was as impressive, and as exhausting, as the city itself. Writers were asked to stick to six subjects: the island, strangers, solitude, commuting, 6 a.m. and kindness. Beyond that, poems could be fashioned from whatever inspiration the five boroughs provided.
Haiku poem by Laura Seigle
Picture by Apollo13Ma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/apollo13ma)
From “New York City in 17 Syllables”, by The New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/27/nyregion/new-york-city-in-haiku.html )
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited 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.
You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
Submission deadline: 7th May 2014