naviarhaiku114 – Where do you come from ?

Where do you come from

borders on Earth fall away

as we fly upwards

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The author of the week is David Pulsford aka Phocasm, and his name might sound familiar because he’s participated in Naviar Haiku as a musician in the past. I contacted David recently to ask him if he wanted to be included in the next Naviar Haiku compilation: while chatting about poetry, he shared this beautiful poem with me and kindly allowed me to use it as Naviar’s new assignment. He also runs a blog and a music podcast dedicated to classical music.

I’ve always been fascinated by poems and literature set in space: perhaps because space is mostly unknown to us and therefore, by being detached from any personal experience, space literature somehow forces us to appeal to our own imagination. While writing this haiku, David was influenced by watching the International Space Station periodically passing above him in the night sky.

Poem by David Puilsford

Picture by Nasa on The Commons

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: 16th March 2016