You know where you are
um the boy studied the map
well what's the next stop
I was intrigued by the similarities between this poem by Visceral/Realism and the one we posted last week. Both haiku are about travelers and exploration, but while Phocasm’s poem highlights how borders and differences become unimportant when we see things from a different angle, Visceral/Realism’s haiku seems to be more focused on the importance of the journey itself: “It is the journey that matters, in the end” someone once said. Curiosity is what leads us to explore what we don’t know, and by exploring we learn more about other cultures and ourselves.
Poem by Visceral/Realism
Picture by SK Ding
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: 23rd March 2016