Awake in the dark
so that is how rain sounds
on a magnolia
A new haiku, written by Billy Collins, author of the collection She Was Just Seventeen, and many other haiku books and chapbooks.
Poem by Billy Collins
Picture by Eduardo Jaeger
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: 2nd November 2016