Fireworks against the evening sky
are pretty and even dramatic
but I prefer the crescent moon and evening stars
The author of the 140th Haiku music challenge is Charles Reznikoff, an American poet and one of the major exponents of Objectivism, a school of poetry that emphasized simplicity and clarity over formal structure and rhyme, that emerged in the 1930s. You can find out more about him at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/charles-reznikoff
Enjoy!
Poem by Charles Reznikoff
Picture by Varshesh Joshi
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: 14th September 2016