Rowing through
out of the mist
the wide sea
The author of the week is Masaoka Shiki, a major figure in haiku poetry. Despite his short life (he died of tuberculosis in 1902, at the age of 34), Shiki’s style started a new era of haiku and tanka poetry, by adding realistic observations of nature and the language of everyday life to genres that were mainly based on imagination. If you wish to find out more about Shiki, I recommend this article written by The World Haiku Review for the centenary of his death.
Poem by Masaoka Shiki
Picture by Amy Zirkle
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: 8th June 2016