naviarhaiku121 – Hush descends

Hush descends

darkness envelops all

dreamers soar

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This beautiful haiku poem was written by Ian Joyce aka Ikjoyce, a regular participant in Naviar Haiku: it’s part of a series of poems Ian wrote to describe the passage of a day.

In haiku poetry, the juxtaposition of two different images is called Kiru or cutting: by creating a gap in the imagery, the writer invites the readers to interpret the haiku in his/her own way. Here, the final line changes the mood of the poem entirely by shifting from a dark and silent setting (described in the first two lines) to a much brighter motif: dreams.

Poem by: Ikjoice https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce

Picture by: John Lemieux https://www.flickr.com/photos/newdimensionfilms

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: 4th May 2016